Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new ow…
be so real, the sailor just yeeted the bottle into the air?? what did he do with it after the toast
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sailor · What happens: be, yeet, do · To what, where: bottle, air
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 805 «Andersen's Tales, The Bottle Neck: a bottle finds a new owner, a sailor's farewell, and a foreign shore» 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 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 3 real | cop |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 real | advmod |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 yeeted | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sailor | det |
| 6 | sailor | sailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 yeeted | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 yeeted | advmod |
| 8 | yeeted | yeet | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bottle | det |
| 10 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 yeeted | obj |
| 11 | into | into | ADP | _ | 13 air | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 air | det |
| 13 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 yeeted | obl |
| 14 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 do | obj |
| 16 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 do | aux |
| 17 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 do | nsubj |
| 18 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 real | conj |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 it | case |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 do | obl |
| 21 | after | after | ADP | _ | 23 toast | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 toast | det |
| 23 | toast | toast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | imperative | you not said here | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | yeet | past | the sailor | the bottle | the air | tree rules | |||
| 3 | do | past · do-support | sailor | after the toast | with air | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
throws it into the lake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throws | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 throws | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 lake | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lake | det |
| 5 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 throws | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | present | it | into the lake result | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Causer it=Theme into lake=Result |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
hurls it high in the air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurls | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 hurls | obj |
| 3 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 hurls | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 air | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 high | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurl | present | it | high property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
hurls it high into the air over the trees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurls | hurl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 hurls | obj |
| 3 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 hurls | advmod |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 air | det |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 hurls | obl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 trees | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 trees | det |
| 9 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 hurls | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurl | present | it | the air | over the trees; high property | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme into air=Destination |
Option 4
tosses it out of the boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tosses | toss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 tosses | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 boat | case |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 boat | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 boat | det |
| 6 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 tosses | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | toss | present | it | the boat | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out boat=Initial_Location |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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