Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth…
Yo, the horse talks, innit? How does the king feel about it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horse, king · What happens: talk, innit, feel
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 683 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Magic Horse: music saves the youth from the gallows, and he is made king» 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: Yo, the horse talks, innit?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 5 talks | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 horse | det |
| 4 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 talks | nsubj |
| 5 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 talks | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 talks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present | the horse | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | 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.
Sentence 2: How does the king feel about it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 feel | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 feel | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feel | nsubj |
| 5 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 feel | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 feel | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present · do-support | the king | about horse | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent about it=Location |
The options
Option 1
He's well cheesed off and sends it packing
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 | 4 cheesed | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cheesed | aux |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 cheesed | advmod |
| 4 | cheesed | cheese | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 cheesed | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sends | cc |
| 7 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cheesed | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sends | obj |
| 9 | packing | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 sends | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheese off | present · passive | He | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | present | He not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pack | gerund | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He's well chuffed, reckons it's magic, and takes it straight down to the stables
The tree, 16 words
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 | 4 chuffed | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | aux |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 chuffed | advmod |
| 4 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 reckons | punct |
| 6 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 magic | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 magic | cop |
| 9 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 reckons | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 takes | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 takes | cc |
| 12 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 takes | obj |
| 14 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 15 down | advmod |
| 15 | down | down | ADV | _ | 12 takes | advmod |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 stables | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 stables | det |
| 18 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 takes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | present · passive | He | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | reckon | present | He not said here | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | magic property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | present | He not said here | it | the stables | down property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stable=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He's well chuffed and takes it straight to the stables
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 | 4 chuffed | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | aux |
| 3 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 chuffed | advmod |
| 4 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 takes | cc |
| 6 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 takes | obj |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 stables | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 stables | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 stables | det |
| 11 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 chuffed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | present · passive | He | to the stables; well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | present | He not said here | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
He's dead confused but still takes it right down to the stables quick smart
The tree, 15 words
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 | 4 confused | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 confused | cop |
| 3 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 confused | amod |
| 4 | confused | confused | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 takes | cc |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 takes | advmod |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 confused | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 takes | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 10 down | advmod |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 takes | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 stables | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 stables | det |
| 13 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 takes | obl |
| 14 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 smart | amod |
| 15 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 confused | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | confused property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | present | He not said here | it | the stables | still | down property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to stable=Destination | |
| 3 | be | He not said here | tree rules |
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