Test 7 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

What were the rubies actually good for, like, besides looking pretty?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, look

This is test 7 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 good	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 good	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 rubies	det
4	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 good	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 good	advmod
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 like	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 for	punct
9	like	like	INTJ	_	6 good	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 looking	punct
11	besides	besides	ADP	_	12 looking	mark
12	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 good	conj
13	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	12 looking	advmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						actually, good property	tree rules
2	look	gerund						pretty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

Throwing them into the fields so the land got ploughed up overnight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Throwing	obj
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 fields	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throwing	obl
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 ploughed	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ploughed	nsubj:pass
9	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 ploughed	aux:pass
10	ploughed	plough	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Throwing	advcl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 ploughed	compound:prt
12	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	10 ploughed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund		them = they				into the fields result	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer they=Theme into field=Result
2	plough up	past · passive		the land				overnight property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Initial_Location

Option 2

Putting them in the fields to grow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Putting	put	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Putting	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 fields	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fields	det
5	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Putting	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 grow	mark
7	grow	grow	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Putting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	gerund		them = they		the fields			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in field=Destination
2	grow	to-infinitive							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Selling them for gold to buy seed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Selling	sell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Selling	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 gold	case
4	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Selling	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 buy	mark
6	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Selling	advcl
7	seed	seed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sell	gerund		them = they				for gold	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme for gold=Asset
2	buy	to-infinitive		seed					vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seed=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Throwing in fields so they got ploughed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Throwing	throw	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 ploughed	csubj:pass
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 fields	case
3	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Throwing	obl
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 ploughed	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ploughed	nsubj
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 ploughed	aux:pass
7	ploughed	plough	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	gerund				fields			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent in field=Destination
2	plough	past · passive		fields = field					vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: subject=Initial_Location

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