Test 8 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: the griffin…

So the field got ploughed all by itself overnight, did you get that?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: field, you · What happens: plough, get · To what, where: field, that

This is test 8 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 ploughed	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 field	det
3	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 ploughed	nsubj:pass
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ploughed	aux:pass
5	ploughed	plough	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	8 itself	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 itself	case
8	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 ploughed	obl
9	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	5 ploughed	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 get	punct
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 get	aux
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 get	nsubj
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 ploughed	conj
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 get	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 ploughed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	past · passive	field	the field				overnight property	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Initial_Location
2	get	past · do-support	you	that					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer that=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

The land turned over by itself to get rid of the evil rubies in the soil

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 land	acl
4	over	over	ADP	_	3 turned	compound:prt
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 itself	case
6	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 turned	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turned	advcl
9	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 rubies	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rubies	det
12	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 rubies	amod
13	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 rid	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 soil	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 soil	det
16	soil	soil	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rubies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn over	participle		the land not said here				by land	vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	get	to-infinitive						rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

The rubies in the field made the land turn over to get rid of the evil curse

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rubies	det
2	rubies	ruby	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 field	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 field	det
5	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rubies	nmod
6	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 land	det
8	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
9	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	xcomp
10	over	over	ADV	_	6 made	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 get	mark
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	advcl
13	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 curse	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 curse	det
16	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 curse	amod
17	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	past	the rubies in the field	the land	over property	tree rules
2	turn over	present	the land not said here			vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
3	get	to-infinitive	the rubies in the field not said here		rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The Princess ploughed it with her horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Princess	det
2	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ploughed	nsubj
3	ploughed	plough	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ploughed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 horses	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horses	nmod:poss
7	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ploughed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plough	past	the Princess	it				with Princess's horses	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2 «NP V NP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The land turned over to get rid of the evil

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 land	det
2	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	nsubj
3	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	over	over	ADP	_	3 turned	compound:prt
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 turned	advcl
7	rid	rid	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 evil	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 evil	det
10	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn over	past	the land						vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent
2	get	to-infinitive	the land not said here					rid property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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