Test 12 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…
Mate, the hermit just sat in a cave with a massive beard reading a book? Creepy, innit
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate, massive beard · What happens: sit, read · To what, where: cave, book
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 675 «Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the prince finds his brothers, and the old man finds a baby girl» 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
Sentence 1: Mate, the hermit just sat in a cave with a massive beard reading a book?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sat | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hermit | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 hermit | det |
| 4 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | conj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 sat | advmod |
| 6 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cave | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cave | det |
| 9 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sat | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 beard | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 beard | det |
| 12 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 beard | amod |
| 13 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sat | obl |
| 14 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 beard | acl |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 book | det |
| 16 | book | book | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 reading | obj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | Mate and the hermit | a cave | with a massive beard | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in cave=Location | |||
| 2 | read | gerund | a massive beard not said here | a book | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
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.
Sentence 2: Creepy, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Creepy | punct |
| 3 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 1 Creepy | discourse |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yeah, bit spooky, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 bit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bit | punct |
| 3 | bit | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | spooky | spooky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bit | xcomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bro | punct |
| 6 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bit | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | past | bro vocative; spooky property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a total old hermit with a white beard, proper spooky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 hermit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hermit | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 hermit | det |
| 4 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hermit | amod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hermit | amod |
| 6 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 beard | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 beard | det |
| 9 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 beard | amod |
| 10 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hermit | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 spooky | punct |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 spooky | amod |
| 13 | spooky | spooky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hermit | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yeah, an old guy in a cave, quite creepy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 guy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 guy | punct |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 guy | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 guy | amod |
| 5 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cave | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cave | det |
| 8 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guy | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 creepy | punct |
| 10 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 11 creepy | advmod |
| 11 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 guy | parataxis |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nah, he was actually a friendly young man in a town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 man | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 man | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 man | cop |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 9 man | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 7 | friendly | friendly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 8 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 man | amod |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 town | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 town | det |
| 12 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 man | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a friendly young man | a town | actually property | tree rules |
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