Test 3 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dra…
Did the dragon have a proper go at a lullaby or nah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: have · To what, where: proper go, lullaby
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 652 «Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dragon minds the baby, then fights a giant» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 dragon | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | nsubj |
| 4 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 go | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 go | amod |
| 7 | go | go | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 have | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 lullaby | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lullaby | det |
| 10 | lullaby | lullaby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 go | nmod |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 nah | cc |
| 12 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 10 lullaby | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | the dragon | a proper go | a lullaby | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent go=Patient |
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, he tried Hush-a-by Baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tried | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tried | nsubj |
| 4 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Hush | Hush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tried | obj |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 a | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 Hush | appos |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 a | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Baby | case |
| 10 | Baby | Baby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | he | Hush | by Baby | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hush=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon and purred right after it
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sang | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sang | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sang | nsubj |
| 4 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Hush | Hush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sang | obj |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Dragon | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 Dragon | det |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 Dragon | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Dragon | case |
| 10 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Hush | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 purred | cc |
| 12 | purred | purr | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 Hush | conj |
| 13 | right | right | ADV | _ | 15 it | advmod |
| 14 | after | after | ADP | _ | 15 it | case |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sang | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | he | Hush and a Dragon | after Dragon | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hush=Theme | |||
| 2 | purr | participle | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he sang loads of songs but none of them worked on the baby at all
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sang | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sang | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sang | nsubj |
| 4 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sang | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 songs | case |
| 7 | songs | song | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 loads | nmod |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 worked | cc |
| 9 | none | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 12 worked | nsubj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 none | nmod |
| 12 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sang | conj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 baby | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 baby | det |
| 15 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 worked | obl |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 all | case |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 worked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | he | loads of songs | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location load=Theme | ||||
| 2 | work | past | none | at all; on the baby | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme PP.beneficary»: agent=Agent on baby=Theme at all=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he sang Hush-a-by Dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sang | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sang | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sang | nsubj |
| 4 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Hush | Hush | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sang | obj |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 a | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 Hush | appos |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 a | punct |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Dragon | case |
| 10 | Dragon | Dragon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sang | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | he | Hush | by Dragon | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hush=Theme |
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