Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…
wait so the carter wasn't even sorry??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, carter · What happens: wait, not be
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 sorry | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 carter | det |
| 4 | carter | carter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sorry | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sorry | cop |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 sorry | advmod |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 8 sorry | advmod |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 wait | advcl |
| 9 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not is | past | the carter | sorry property | 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
yeah, he was sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sorry | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sorry | cop |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | sorry property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
nope, he was still not sorry, he just sat there moody
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 7 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sorry | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sorry | cop |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 sorry | advmod |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 sorry | advmod |
| 7 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sat | punct |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sat | nsubj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 sat | advmod |
| 11 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sorry | conj |
| 12 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 sat | advmod |
| 13 | moody | moody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 sat | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | he | still | sorry property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | sit | past | he | there | moody property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
yeah, he was sorry and cried a lot later on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sorry | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sorry | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sorry | cop |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cried | cc |
| 7 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sorry | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 lot | det |
| 9 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 later | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 7 cried | advmod |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 cried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | he not said here | late property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
nope, he was sorry but just sat there quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 sorry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sorry | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sorry | cop |
| 5 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 sat | cc |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 sat | advmod |
| 8 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sorry | conj |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 sat | advmod |
| 10 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 8 sat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit | past | he not said here | there | quietly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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