Test 12 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…
Did the green-grocer enjoy the Prince's hunts, or was he gutted?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: green grocer · What happens: enjoy, gut · To what, where: hunts, grocer
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» 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 | 6 enjoy | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 grocer | det |
| 3 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grocer | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 green | punct |
| 5 | grocer | grocer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 enjoy | nsubj |
| 6 | enjoy | enjoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Prince | det |
| 8 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 hunts | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 Prince | case |
| 10 | hunts | hunt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 enjoy | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 gutted | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 gutted | cc |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 gutted | aux:pass |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 gutted | nsubj |
| 15 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 enjoy | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 enjoy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | past · do-support | the green grocer | the Prince's hunts | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hunt=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | gut | past · passive | grocer | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source |
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 loved them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 loved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 loved | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loved | nsubj |
| 4 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | past | he | them = they | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 2
He hated it at first then loved it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hated | nsubj |
| 2 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hated | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 first | case |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 2 hated | obl |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 loved | advmod |
| 7 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hated | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 loved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | past | He | it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | love | past | it | then | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He was gutted every time the Prince showed off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gutted | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gutted | aux:pass |
| 3 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 showed | advcl |
| 4 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 time | det |
| 5 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gutted | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Prince | det |
| 7 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 showed | nsubj |
| 8 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 showed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | past · passive | He | time | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | show off | past | the Prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He enjoyed the parades and loved it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 enjoyed | nsubj |
| 2 | enjoyed | enjoy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parades | det |
| 4 | parades | parade | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 enjoyed | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 loved | cc |
| 6 | loved | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 enjoyed | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 loved | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | enjoy | past | He | the parades | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parade=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | love | past | He not said here | it | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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