Test 2 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Ice Dragon, part 1: George and Ja…
So George and Jane got sixpence each, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: George · What happens: get · To what, where: sixpence
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 2 | George | George | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 Jane | cc |
| 4 | Jane | Jane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 George | conj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sixpence | sixpence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 each | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | George and Jane | sixpence | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent sixpence=Beneficiary each=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
Yeah, they bought some toffee apples
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bought | nsubj |
| 4 | bought | buy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 apples | det |
| 6 | toffee | toffee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 apples | compound |
| 7 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 bought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buy | past | they | some toffee apples | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, they saved it for the trip
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 saved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saved | nsubj |
| 4 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saved | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 trip | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 trip | det |
| 8 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 saved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past | they | it | for the trip | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme for trip=Source |
Option 3
Nah, they spent it all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 spent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spent | nsubj |
| 4 | spent | spend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spent | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 it | det |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | past | they | it | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, and they blew it on a golden rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 blew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 blew | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 blew | cc |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 blew | nsubj |
| 5 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 blew | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 rain | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rain | det |
| 9 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 rain | amod |
| 10 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | past | they | it | a golden rain | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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