Test 2 · ★ · Book of Dragons, Prince Tiresome, part 2: the dragon eats…
Mate, did the hippos get proper munched, or just nicked?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: munch, nick · To what, where: hippos
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 munched | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 munched | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hippos | det |
| 5 | hippos | hippo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 munched | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 munched | aux:pass |
| 7 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 8 munched | advmod |
| 8 | munched | munch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 nicked | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 nicked | cc |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 nicked | advmod |
| 12 | nicked | nick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 munched | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 munched | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | munch | past · passive · do-support | the hippos | properly property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | nick | participle | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
They got gobbled up by the dragon in one bite each, like it was nothing, mate
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gobbled | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gobbled | aux:pass |
| 3 | gobbled | gobble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 gobbled | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gobbled | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 bite | case |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 bite | nummod |
| 10 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dragon | nmod |
| 11 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 gobbled | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 nothing | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 nothing | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 nothing | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 nothing | cop |
| 16 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 gobbled | parataxis |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 nothing | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gobble up | past · passive | the dragon in one bite | They | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | bite | like nothing; mate vocative | tree rules |
Option 2
They got gobbled up whole by the dragon, sat by the river, bones and all, innit
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gobbled | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gobbled | aux:pass |
| 3 | gobbled | gobble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 gobbled | compound:prt |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gobbled | xcomp |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 dragon | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gobbled | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sat | punct |
| 10 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gobbled | parataxis |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 13 river | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 river | det |
| 13 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sat | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 bones | punct |
| 15 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 river | conj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 all | cc |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 river | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 innit | punct |
| 19 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 gobbled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gobble up | past · passive | the dragon | They | whole property | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | |||
| 2 | sit | past | by the river and bones | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by river=Location | |||||
| 3 | innit | infinitive | the dragon not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They got gobbled up by the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gobbled | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gobbled | aux:pass |
| 3 | gobbled | gobble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 gobbled | compound:prt |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 dragon | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dragon | det |
| 7 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gobbled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gobble up | past · passive | the dragon | They | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 4
They got nicked by the hunters
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 nicked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 nicked | aux:pass |
| 3 | nicked | nick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 hunters | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hunters | det |
| 6 | hunters | hunter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 nicked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past · passive | the hunters | They | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient |
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