Test 12 · ★ · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…
lol the shepherd literally says "to mine" like the king is a joke
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shepherd · What happens: say, be · To what, where: joke · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 says | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 shepherd | det |
| 3 | shepherd | shepherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 says | nsubj |
| 4 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 5 says | advmod |
| 5 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 mine | punct |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 mine | case |
| 8 | mine | my | PRON | Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 says | ccomp |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 joke | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 king | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 joke | obl |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 joke | cop |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 joke | det |
| 15 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the shepherd | literally property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | the shepherd not said here | a joke | like the king | 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 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he keeps winking at the guards, so funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 keeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | winking | wink | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 guards | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 guards | det |
| 8 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 winking | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 funny | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 funny | advmod |
| 11 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keeps | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wink | gerund | he not said here | the guards | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he keeps tapping his chest, so funny, the king is raging
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 keeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | tapping | tap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 chest | nmod:poss |
| 7 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tapping | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 funny | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 funny | advmod |
| 10 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keeps | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 raging | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 raging | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 raging | aux |
| 15 | raging | rage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 keeps | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tap | gerund | he not said here | his chest | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent chest=Location | ||||
| 3 | rage | present · progressive | the king | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, he keeps tapping his head, the king is raging, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 keeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 raging | advcl |
| 5 | tapping | tap | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 tapping | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 raging | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 raging | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 raging | aux |
| 12 | raging | rage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 raging | punct |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 12 raging | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tap | gerund | he not said here | his head | vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent head=Location | ||||
| 3 | rage | present · progressive | the king | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yeah, he keeps poking the guards, the king is so mad
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 keeps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 keeps | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | poking | poke | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 keeps | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guards | det |
| 7 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 poking | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mad | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 king | det |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 mad | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 mad | cop |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 mad | advmod |
| 13 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keeps | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | poke | gerund | he not said here | the guards | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is | present | the king | mad property | tree rules |
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