Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…
Bro, the baby was just lying in the roses, like proper random, sick
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: baby · What happens: lie · To what, where: roses
This is test 6 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lying | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 baby | det |
| 4 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lying | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lying | aux |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 lying | advmod |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 roses | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 roses | det |
| 10 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 lying | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 random | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 random | case |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 random | amod |
| 14 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lying | parataxis |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 sick | punct |
| 16 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 random | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | past · progressive | the baby | the roses | Bro vocative | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in rose=Location |
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, just a baby, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 baby | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 baby | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 baby | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 baby | det |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bro | punct |
| 7 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 baby | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a little girl crowing with joy, just chilling there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 girl | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 girl | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 girl | amod |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | crowing | crow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 girl | acl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 joy | case |
| 8 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crowing | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chilling | punct |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 chilling | advmod |
| 11 | chilling | chill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 crowing | conj |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 chilling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crow | gerund | a little girl not said here | with joy | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | chill | gerund | a little girl not said here | there | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yeah, a tiny baby crying in the grass
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 baby | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 baby | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 baby | det |
| 4 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 baby | amod |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 baby | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 grass | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 grass | det |
| 9 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | gerund | a tiny baby not said here | the grass | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, it was a boy in a basket
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 boy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 boy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 boy | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 basket | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 basket | det |
| 9 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boy | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a boy | a basket | tree rules |
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