Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats…
Bruv, the dragon's a total beast, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dragon · What happens: be · To what, where: total beast
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 674 «Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats the dragon, and the princess's kiss ends the fight» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 beast | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dragon | det |
| 4 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 beast | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 beast | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 beast | det |
| 7 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 beast | amod |
| 8 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 beast | punct |
| 10 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 8 beast | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 beast | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the dragon | a total beast | Bruv vocative | 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
Nah, he's soft really, just a lost old lizard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 soft | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 soft | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 soft | cop |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 soft | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 lizard | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 lizard | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 lizard | det |
| 10 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 lizard | amod |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 lizard | amod |
| 12 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 soft | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | soft property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yeah, he's massive
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 massive | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 massive | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 massive | cop |
| 5 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | massive property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, he's a bit scary but mostly harmless, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 scary | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 scary | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scary | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scary | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scary | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | scary | scary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 harmless | cc |
| 9 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 10 harmless | advmod |
| 10 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 scary | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 scary | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | a bit obl:unmarked; scary property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | he not said here | mostly property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he's massive and horrible, like proper nasty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 massive | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 massive | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 massive | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 massive | cop |
| 5 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 horrible | cc |
| 7 | horrible | horrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 massive | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nasty | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 nasty | case |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 nasty | amod |
| 11 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 massive | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | massive property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | he not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | be | he not said here | tree rules |
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