Test 2 · ★ · Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4…

Oi, what did the Dragon do when he saw the book?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dragon · What happens: do, see · To what, where: book

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 636 «Rotundia Tales, Uncle James or The Purple Stranger, part 4: the Dragon goes back into his picture, and the island that spun the wrong way gives Rotundia its wrong-sized animals» of the books course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Oi	oi	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Dragon	det
6	Dragon	Dragon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 what	acl:relcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 book	det
12	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the Dragon						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	past	Dragon	the book					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer book=Stimulus

One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.

The options

Option 1

He squirmed back into the picture and then roared at the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 squirmed	nsubj
2	squirmed	squirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 squirmed	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 picture	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 picture	det
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squirmed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 roared	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 roared	advmod
9	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 squirmed	conj
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 King	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 roared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squirm back	past	He			the picture			vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	roar	past	He not said here				then	at the King	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at king=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He squirmed back into the picture

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 squirmed	nsubj
2	squirmed	squirm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	back	back	ADV	_	2 squirmed	advmod
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 picture	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 picture	det
6	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 squirmed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squirm back	past	He			the picture			vn body_internal_motion-49.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He crept out of the room slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 crept	nsubj
2	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 room	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 room	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 room	det
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crept	obl
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 crept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	creep out	past	He	the room				slowly property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location room=Theme

Option 4

He roared and flew at the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 roared	nsubj
2	roared	roar	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 flew	cc
4	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 roared	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roar	past	He						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location
2	fly	past	He not said here			the window			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at window=Location

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