Test 14 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier'…
so the blue light is basically magic, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: blue light · What happens: be
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 magic | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 light | det |
| 3 | blue | blue | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 light | amod |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 magic | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 magic | cop |
| 6 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 7 magic | advmod |
| 7 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 magic | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 magic | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 magic | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the blue light | basically, magic 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
yeah, it calls the little manikin, proper, every time you light your pipe
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 calls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 manikin | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 manikin | amod |
| 7 | manikin | manikin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 proper | punct |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 manikin | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 light | punct |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 light | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 light | nsubj |
| 14 | light | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calls | parataxis |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 pipe | nmod:poss |
| 16 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 light | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call speech: assert | present | it | the little manikin | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent manikin=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | light | present | you | your pipe | time | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pipe=Product |
Option 2
yeah, it calls the little manikin up from the ground whenever the soldier strikes it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 calls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 manikin | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 manikin | amod |
| 7 | manikin | manikin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 calls | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 ground | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ground | det |
| 11 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 up | obl |
| 12 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 15 strikes | advmod |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 soldier | det |
| 14 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 strikes | nsubj |
| 15 | strikes | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 calls | advcl |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 strikes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | it | the little manikin | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent manikin=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | strike | present | the soldier | manikin | whenever property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, it calls the little manikin, proper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 calls | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calls | nsubj |
| 4 | calls | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 manikin | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 manikin | amod |
| 7 | manikin | manikin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calls | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 calls | punct |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 calls | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | present | it | the little manikin | proper property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent manikin=Recipient |
Option 4
nah, it's only a candle, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 candle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 candle | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 candle | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 candle | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 candle | det |
| 7 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 candle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a candle and bro | tree rules |
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