Test 3 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…

Did St. George actually wake up, or was he just having a kip?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: George · What happens: wake up, have · To what, where: kip

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 George	aux
2	St.	St.	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 George	nmod:desc
3	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 wake	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 wake	advmod
5	wake	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 wake	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 having	punct
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 having	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 having	aux
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 having	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 having	advmod
12	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 wake	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 kip	det
14	kip	kip	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 having	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wake	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	present	George St.					actually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	have	past · progressive	George	a kip					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kip=Patient

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 stayed awake

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	awake	awake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					awake property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He yawned, sat up, and asked for his tea

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 yawned	nsubj
2	yawned	yawn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yawned	conj
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 sat	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 asked	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 asked	cc
8	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 yawned	parataxis
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 tea	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 tea	nmod:poss
11	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	yawn	past	He		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sit up	past	He not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	past		for his tea	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He never woke

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	3 woke	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 woke	advmod
3	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wake	past	He						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He woke up, but then nodded off again

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 woke	nsubj
2	woke	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 woke	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nodded	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 nodded	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 nodded	advmod
7	nodded	nod	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 woke	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 nodded	compound:prt
9	again	again	ADV	_	7 nodded	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake up	past	He						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	nod off	past	He not said here				then; again		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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