Test 5 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 9: Harry an…
What a proper gobsmacker: what did the dragon grab Harry by?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: proper gobsmacker · What happens: do · To what, where: dragon grab
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 4 gobsmacker | det:predet |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gobsmacker | det |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gobsmacker | amod |
| 4 | gobsmacker | gobsmacker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | nsubj |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 grab | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 grab | compound |
| 10 | grab | grab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 did | obj |
| 11 | Harry | Harry | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 grab | appos |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 did | fixed |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | what proper gobsmacker | the dragon grab | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grab=Eventuality |
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
The loose end of the scarf that hung from his neck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 end | det |
| 2 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 end | amod |
| 3 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hung | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 scarf | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 scarf | det |
| 6 | scarf | scarf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 end | nmod |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 hung | nsubj |
| 8 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 neck | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 neck | nmod:poss |
| 11 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past | the loose end of the scarf | end's neck | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The strap of the satchel slung across his back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 strap | det |
| 2 | strap | strap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 slung | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 satchel | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 satchel | det |
| 5 | satchel | satchel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 strap | nmod |
| 6 | slung | sling | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | across | across | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 slung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sling | participle · passive | the strap of the satchel | his back | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The back of his Eton jacket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 back | det |
| 2 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 jacket | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 jacket | nmod:poss |
| 5 | Eton | Eton | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 jacket | compound |
| 6 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 back | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The brim of his straw hat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brim | det |
| 2 | brim | brim | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 hat | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hat | nmod:poss |
| 5 | straw | straw | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hat | compound |
| 6 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 brim | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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