Test 4 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…
The witch isn't a witch any more, is she? Like she's just chilling now?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witch, she · What happens: not be, be, chill · To what, where: witch, she
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 650 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin dies and the whirlpools are explained» 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
Sentence 1: The witch isn't a witch any more, is she?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 witch | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 witch | cop |
| 4 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 witch | advmod |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | any | any | ADV | _ | 8 more | advmod |
| 8 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 witch | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 she | punct |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 she | cop |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 witch | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 witch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | the witch | a witch | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the witch not said here | she | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: Like she's just chilling now?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | SCONJ | _ | 5 chilling | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chilling | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 chilling | aux |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 chilling | advmod |
| 5 | chilling | chill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 chilling | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 chilling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chill | present · progressive | she | now | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she's still a nasty witch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 witch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 witch | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 witch | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 8 witch | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 witch | det |
| 7 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 witch | amod |
| 8 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | a nasty witch | still | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she's just a happy old woman now
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 woman | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 woman | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 woman | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 woman | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 woman | det |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 woman | amod |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 woman | amod |
| 9 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 woman | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | a happy old woman | now | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, she's still a witch, just a happy old one in the palace
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 witch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 witch | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 witch | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 witch | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 witch | det |
| 7 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 one | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 one | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 one | det |
| 11 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 one | amod |
| 13 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 witch | appos |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 palace | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 palace | det |
| 16 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 one | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | she | a witch | still | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, she stopped being a witch and now just lives quietly by the sea
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stopped | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stopped | nsubj |
| 4 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 witch | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 witch | det |
| 7 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stopped | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lives | cc |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 lives | advmod |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 lives | advmod |
| 11 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stopped | conj |
| 12 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 11 lives | advmod |
| 13 | by | by | ADP | _ | 15 sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 sea | det |
| 15 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | she | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is a | gerund | a witch | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | live | present | she not said here | now | by the sea; quietly property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by sea=Location |
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