Test 4 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and…
Innit the dragon was a proper bare tame pet in the end?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Innit dragon · What happens: be · To what, where: proper bare tame pet, end
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 653 «The Book of Dragons, The Last of the Dragons: Johnnie and Tina trick the dragon back into chains, and he becomes the first cat» 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 | Innit | Innit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dragon | compound |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dragon | det |
| 3 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pet | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 pet | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pet | det |
| 6 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pet | amod |
| 7 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pet | amod |
| 8 | tame | tame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 pet | amod |
| 9 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 end | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 pet | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 pet | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Innit dragon | a proper bare tame pet | in the end | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he was well chill and didn't even bite, and he'd sleep on the kids' beds every night
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chill | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chill | cop |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 chill | advmod |
| 6 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bite | cc |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 bite | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 bite | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 bite | advmod |
| 11 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 chill | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sleep | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 sleep | cc |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sleep | nsubj |
| 15 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 sleep | aux |
| 16 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 chill | conj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 21 beds | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 kids | det |
| 19 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 21 beds | nmod:poss |
| 20 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 19 kids | case |
| 21 | beds | bed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 sleep | obl |
| 22 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 23 night | det |
| 23 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 sleep | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | chill, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not bite | past · do-support | he not said here | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | sleep | would | he | the kids's beds | night | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was well chill and didn't even bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chill | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chill | cop |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 chill | advmod |
| 6 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 bite | cc |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 bite | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 bite | advmod |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 bite | advmod |
| 11 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 chill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | chill, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not bite | past · do-support | he not said here | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Nah, he stayed wild and bit the mayor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stayed | nsubj |
| 4 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stayed | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bit | cc |
| 7 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stayed | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 mayor | det |
| 9 | mayor | mayor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | he | wild property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bite | past | he not said here | the mayor | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mayor=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, he was mostly chill and never bit anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chill | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chill | cop |
| 5 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 6 chill | advmod |
| 6 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bit | cc |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 bit | advmod |
| 9 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chill | conj |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 bit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | chill, mostly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not bite | past | he not said here | anyone | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient |
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