Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…

So George called the people at the bonfire what, exactly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: George · What happens: call · To what, where: people · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 643 «The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Jane sneak out to see the Northern Lights and set off across the snowy fields toward the North Pole.» 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	So	so	ADV	_	3 called	advmod
2	George	George	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 people	det
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 called	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 bonfire	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bonfire	det
8	bonfire	bonfire	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 called	obl
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 called	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 exactly	punct
11	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	3 called	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	George	the people				at the bonfire; exactly property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme PP.recipient PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent people=Theme at bonfire=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 · ← Mova's choice

Like the Indians from the books, he said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 Indians	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Indians	det
3	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 said	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 books	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 books	det
6	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 Indians	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Indians	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the Indians from the books						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Like Indians, he said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Indians	case
2	Indians	Indian	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 said	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Indians	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	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	say speech: assert	past	he					like Indians	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Like the Eskimos on the ice, he said, not the sort we see at home

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 Eskimos	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Eskimos	det
3	Eskimos	Eskimo	PROPN	Number=Plur	9 said	obl
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 ice	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ice	det
6	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ice	punct
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 sort	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sort	det
13	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obl
14	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
15	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 said	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 home	case
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			the ice		like the Eskimos	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	we	the sort		home			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Like Romans, he said

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	2 Romans	case
2	Romans	Roman	PROPN	Number=Plur	5 said	obl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Romans	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	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	say speech: assert	past	he					like Romans	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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