Test 4 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…
Why did the nurse lock the door, bruv? Was she being dead strict?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nurse · What happens: lock, be · To what, where: door
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Why did the nurse lock the door, bruv?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 lock | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lock | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 nurse | det |
| 4 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lock | nsubj |
| 5 | lock | lock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lock | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bruv | punct |
| 9 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 door | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 lock | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | past · do-support | the nurse | the door and bruv | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=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.
Sentence 2: Was she being dead strict?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 strict | cop |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 strict | nsubj |
| 3 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 strict | cop |
| 4 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 strict | amod |
| 5 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 strict | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | nurse | strict property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She wanted the princess to stay in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 stay | mark |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | She | the princess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay in not said to happen | to-infinitive | the princess not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah she was strict, she locked everything up because the Prince said so and she obeyed
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 strict | discourse |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 strict | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 strict | cop |
| 4 | strict | strict | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 locked | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 locked | nsubj |
| 7 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 strict | conj |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 locked | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 locked | compound:prt |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 said | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Prince | det |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 said | nsubj |
| 13 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 locked | advcl |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 said | advmod |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 obeyed | cc |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 obeyed | nsubj |
| 17 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 strict | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | strict property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lock up | past | she | everything | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Patient | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | past | the Prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | obey | past | she | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
She was hiding the Princess from the mad hippos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hiding | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hiding | aux |
| 3 | hiding | hide | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hiding | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 hippos | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hippos | det |
| 8 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hippos | amod |
| 9 | hippos | hippo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past · progressive | She | the Princess | the mad hippos | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent princess=Patient from hippo=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She was keeping the Princess safe from the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keeping | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 keeping | aux |
| 3 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 keeping | obj |
| 6 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 keeping | xcomp |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 dragon | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 dragon | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · progressive | She | the Princess | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
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