Test 10 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…

Oi, did the dragon get tiny after dark, like, or stay massive?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: get, stay

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 655 «Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats the hunt, then bursts out of a sealed bottle» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Oi	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dragon	det
5	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	xcomp
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 dark	case
9	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 get	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 like	punct
11	like	like	INTJ	_	6 get	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 stay	punct
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 stay	cc
14	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 get	conj
15	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 stay	xcomp
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Oi				after dark	tiny property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	stay	infinitive	Oi not said here					massive property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

He stayed as big as a house

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 stayed	nsubj
2	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 big	advmod
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stayed	xcomp
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 big	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	He					big property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He shrank to the size of a finger

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 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 size	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 size	det
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrank	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 finger	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 finger	det
8	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	He					to the size of a finger result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to size=Result

Option 3

He shrank to the size of a finger and hid himself in the roots of the old oak tree

The tree, 19 words

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 shrank	nsubj
2	shrank	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 size	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 size	det
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shrank	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 finger	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 finger	det
8	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	nmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hid	cc
10	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shrank	conj
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 hid	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 roots	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roots	det
14	roots	root	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hid	obl
15	of	of	ADP	_	19 tree	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 tree	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 tree	amod
18	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 tree	compound
19	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 roots	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shrink	past	He					to the size of a finger result	vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent to size=Result
2	hide	past	He not said here	himself = he		the roots of the old oak tree			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent himself=Patient in root=Location

Option 4

He grew to the size of a horse

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 grew	nsubj
2	grew	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	5 size	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 size	det
5	size	size	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 grew	obl
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 horse	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 size	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	past	He					to the size of a horse	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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