Test 6 · ★ · Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons, part 20: the dra…
Did the town give John proper cash for sorting the dragon?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: town, John proper cash · What happens: give, sort · To what, where: John proper cash, dragon
This is test 6 · ★ 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 town | det |
| 3 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 cash | compound |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 cash | amod |
| 7 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 9 sorting | mark |
| 9 | sorting | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 cash | acl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dragon | det |
| 11 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 sorting | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · do-support | the town | John proper cash | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cash=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sort | gerund | John proper cash not said here | the dragon | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Theme |
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
Nah, just a bag of coins, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 bag | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 bag | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bag | det |
| 5 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 coins | case |
| 7 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 bag | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bag | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, just a laurel wreath, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 wreath | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 wreath | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wreath | det |
| 5 | laurel | laurel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wreath | compound |
| 6 | wreath | wreath | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wreath | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, they gave him a laurel wreath, a speech and nothing else, mate
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 wreath | det |
| 7 | laurel | laurel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wreath | compound |
| 8 | wreath | wreath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 speech | punct |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 speech | det |
| 11 | speech | speech | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wreath | conj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 nothing | cc |
| 13 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 8 wreath | conj |
| 14 | else | else | ADV | _ | 13 nothing | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mate | punct |
| 16 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wreath | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | they | a laurel wreath and a speech and mate | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wreath=Theme |
Option 4
Nah, just a laurel wreath and a banquet invite, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 wreath | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 wreath | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wreath | det |
| 5 | laurel | laurel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wreath | compound |
| 6 | wreath | wreath | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 invite | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 invite | det |
| 9 | banquet | banquet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 invite | compound |
| 10 | invite | invite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wreath | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wreath | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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