Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats…
When it was noon, did the dragon get a sneaky drink?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, dragon · What happens: be, do, get · To what, where: noon, sneaky drink
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | When | when | SCONJ | _ | 4 noon | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 noon | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 noon | cop |
| 4 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 noon | punct |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 did | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 drink | det |
| 11 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 drink | amod |
| 12 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | noon | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | get | present | the dragon | a sneaky drink | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer drink=Stimulus |
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
Yeah, he drank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 drank | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 drank | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 drank | nsubj |
| 4 | drank | drink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | past | he | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, he just wanted to rest his tail, the cheeky chancer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 rest | mark |
| 7 | rest | rest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 tail | nmod:poss |
| 9 | tail | tail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rest | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 chancer | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 chancer | det |
| 12 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 chancer | amod |
| 13 | chancer | chancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | the cheeky chancer | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | rest not said to happen | to-infinitive | the cheeky chancer not said here | his tail | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tail=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He begged to dip his burning head in the lake, the cheeky chancer
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 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 dip | mark |
| 4 | dip | dip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 begged | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | burning | burning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 head | compound |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dip | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 lake | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lake | det |
| 10 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dip | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 chancer | punct |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 chancer | det |
| 13 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 chancer | amod |
| 14 | chancer | chancer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lake | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | He | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | dip not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | his burning head | the lake and the cheeky chancer | vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent head=Theme in lake=Trajectory |
Option 4
Yeah, he got a drink from the sheep trough, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 drink | det |
| 6 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 trough | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 trough | det |
| 9 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trough | compound |
| 10 | trough | trough | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 mate | punct |
| 12 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 trough | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | a drink | the sheep trough and mate | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent drink=Theme from trough=Source |
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