Test 9 · ★ · A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the ol…

ok so the writer guy, what did the old carp say he was among men?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: writer guy, guy · What happens: do, say, be · To what, where: old carp · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 818 «A Poet's Bazaar, The Dryad, part 29: the Rat mourns the old days, the Dryad dances at Mabille and flies to the red tower, and the fishes gossip» 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	12 say	discourse
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 say	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guy	det
4	writer	writer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guy	compound
5	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 say	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 did	punct
7	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 did	nsubj
8	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 guy	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 carp	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 carp	amod
11	carp	carp	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 did	obj
12	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 men	nsubj
14	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 men	cop
15	among	among	ADP	_	16 men	case
16	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 say	ccomp
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	the writer guy	the old carp		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carp=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present	the writer guy			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	guy		among men	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

a sort of sea-slug or jelly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sort	det
2	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 slug	case
4	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slug	compound
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 sea	punct
6	slug	slug	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sort	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 jelly	cc
8	jelly	jelly	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 slug	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort			sea slug or jelly					nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a kind of cuttle or ink-fish that lived in the deep sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cuttle	case
4	cuttle	cuttle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 fish	cc
6	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fish	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ink	punct
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	conj
9	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 lived	nsubj
10	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kind	acl:relcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 sea	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sea	det
13	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 sea	amod
14	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 lived	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	a kind of cuttle or ink fish			the deep sea			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in sea=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

a kind of cuttle or ink-fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 cuttle	case
4	cuttle	cuttle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 fish	cc
6	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 fish	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 ink	punct
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

a strange sea-monster of the ocean with arms and ink

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 monster	det
2	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 monster	amod
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 monster	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 sea	punct
5	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 ocean	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ocean	det
8	ocean	ocean	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 monster	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	10 arms	case
10	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 ocean	nmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ink	cc
12	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 arms	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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