Test 2 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…
Wait, so the dragon wasn't even a proper dragon at first, innit?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, dragon · What happens: wait, not be, innit · To what, where: proper dragon
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 dragon | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 dragon | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dragon | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 dragon | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 dragon | advmod |
| 8 | even | even | ADV | _ | 11 dragon | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dragon | det |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 dragon | amod |
| 11 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 first | case |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Wait | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at first=Location | |||||
| 2 | not is a | past | the dragon | a proper dragon | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | innit | infinitive | you not said here | 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
Nah, it was just a big lizard, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 lizard | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lizard | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lizard | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 lizard | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lizard | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lizard | amod |
| 8 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 innit | punct |
| 10 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lizard | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a big lizard and innit | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Right, it was too small and too big to be one, like a lizard that had ballooned
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 small | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 small | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 small | advmod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 big | cc |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 big | advmod |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 small | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 one | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 one | cop |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 big | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 lizard | punct |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 lizard | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 lizard | det |
| 16 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 small | obl |
| 17 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 ballooned | nsubj |
| 18 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 19 ballooned | aux |
| 19 | ballooned | balloon | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 16 lizard | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | like a lizard; small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | one | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | balloon | past · perfect | a lizard | vn caused_calibratable_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, at first it was just a weird lizard thing, then it got bigger and bigger
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 11 thing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 thing | punct |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 first | case |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 thing | obl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 thing | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thing | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 thing | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 thing | det |
| 9 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thing | amod |
| 10 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 thing | compound |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 got | punct |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 15 got | advmod |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 got | nsubj |
| 15 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 thing | conj |
| 16 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 got | xcomp |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 bigger | cc |
| 18 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 16 bigger | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a weird lizard thing | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | thing | then | big property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Right, it was too small and too big to be one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | 6 small | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 small | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 small | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 small | advmod |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 big | cc |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 big | advmod |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 small | conj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 one | mark |
| 11 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 12 one | cop |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 big | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | tree rules | |||||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | one | tree rules |
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