Test 2 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…
Why was Effie being such a drip about going home?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Effie, drip · What happens: be, go · To what, where: drip
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 641 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry and Effie seek St. George, fail to wake him, and are seized by a dragon» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 drip | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 drip | cop |
| 3 | Effie | Effie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 drip | nsubj |
| 4 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 drip | cop |
| 5 | such | such | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 drip | det:predet |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 drip | det |
| 7 | drip | drip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 going | nsubj |
| 8 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 9 going | mark |
| 9 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 going | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 going | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Effie | such drip | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | gerund | such drip | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 · ← Mova's choice
She was scared after the dragon landed on her head and dribbled on her hair
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 scared | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | cop |
| 3 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 landed | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 dragon | det |
| 6 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 landed | nsubj |
| 7 | landed | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 scared | advcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 landed | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dribbled | cc |
| 12 | dribbled | dribble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 landed | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 hair | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 hair | nmod:poss |
| 15 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 dribbled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | scared property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | land | past | the dragon | dragon's head | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on head=Destination | ||||
| 3 | dribble | past | the dragon not said here | dragon's hair | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Agent on hair=Destination |
Option 2
She had lost her doll in the long grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 doll | nmod:poss |
| 5 | doll | doll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 grass | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 grass | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 grass | amod |
| 9 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · perfect | She | her doll | the long grass | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent doll=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
She got the wobbles when the dragon flopped on her ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wobbles | det |
| 4 | wobbles | wobble | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 got | obj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 flopped | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flopped | nsubj |
| 8 | flopped | flop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 got | advcl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 ear | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ear | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flopped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | the wobbles | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wobble=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | flop | past | the dragon | dragon's ear | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on ear=Location |
Option 4
She was cross because her new shoes pinched her toes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cross | cop |
| 3 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 pinched | mark |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shoes | amod |
| 7 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pinched | nsubj |
| 8 | pinched | pinch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cross | advcl |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pinched | obj |
| 10 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pinched | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | She | cross property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pinch | past | her new shoes | her = she | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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