Test 3 · ★ · The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white…

bruv the dwarfs got wiped out by moths, that is so gutted for them

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: moths · What happens: wipe out, gut · To what, where: bruv, that

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 646 «The Magic City, the North Pole dragon tale, part 14: white feathers, a moth army, and a melting 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wiped	nsubj:pass
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dwarfs	det
3	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 bruv	conj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 wiped	aux:pass
5	wiped	wipe	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 wiped	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 moths	case
8	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wiped	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gutted	punct
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 gutted	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 gutted	aux:pass
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 gutted	advmod
13	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 wiped	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gutted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wipe out	past · passive	moths	bruv and the dwarfs					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source
2	gut	present · passive		that				for bruv	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source

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

the moths ate all their sealskin coats and then the dwarfs fell down dead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moths	det
2	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 coats	det:predet
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 coats	nmod:poss
6	sealskin	sealskin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coats	compound
7	coats	coat	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fell	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 fell	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dwarfs	det
11	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 fell	nsubj
12	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ate	conj
13	down	down	ADP	_	12 fell	compound:prt
14	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 fell	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the moths	moths's sealskin coats					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coat=Patient
2	fall down	past	the dwarfs				then	dead property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the moths ate their fur

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moths	det
2	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ate	nsubj
3	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fur	nmod:poss
5	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	the moths	moths's fur					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient

Option 3

the moths came out of the cold and ate every bit of their fur away

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 moths	det
2	moths	moth	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 came	nsubj
3	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	out	out	ADP	_	7 cold	case
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 cold	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cold	det
7	cold	cold	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ate	cc
9	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 came	conj
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ate	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 fur	case
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 fur	nmod:poss
14	fur	fur	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod
15	away	away	ADV	_	9 ate	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	past	the moths	the cold					vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient cold=Result
2	eat	past	the moths not said here	every bit of moths's fur				away property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bit=Patient

Option 4

the dwarfs were eaten

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 dwarfs	det
2	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 eaten	nsubj:pass
3	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 eaten	aux:pass
4	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · passive		the dwarfs					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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