Test 8 · ★ · pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trap…

The old nurse reckons pig fat fixes dragon burns, is that actually a thing or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old nurse, pig fat, that · What happens: reckon, fix, be · To what, where: dragon burns, thing

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 656 «pg23661, Sabrinetta and Elfin, part 24: the dragon is trapped in a bottle and Elfin's hands are burnt» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nurse	amod
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	nsubj
4	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fat	compound
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fixes	nsubj
7	fixes	fix	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 reckons	ccomp
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 burns	compound
9	burns	burn	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fixes	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 thing	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 thing	cop
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 thing	nsubj
13	actually	actually	ADV	_	15 thing	advmod
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 thing	det
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reckons	parataxis
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 nah	cc
17	nah	nah	INTJ	_	15 thing	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	the old nurse			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	fix	present	pig fat	dragon burns		vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent burn=Patient
3	is a	present	that	a thing	actually property	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

the nurse made it up for the Princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	nsubj
3	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 made	obj
5	up	up	ADP	_	3 made	compound:prt
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 Princess	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Princess	det
8	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	past	the nurse	it				for the Princess	vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Pivot

Option 2

yes, it works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 works	nsubj
4	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	it						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

no, it does not

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 does	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 does	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not do	present	it						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

the text says pig's fat is the cure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 text	det
2	text	text	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	pig	pig	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fat	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 pig	case
6	fat	fat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 cure	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 cure	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cure	det
9	cure	cure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the text						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	present	pig's fat	the cure					tree rules

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