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Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2:…

Mo: «they got their armour from a magic spell, no cap.» (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mo, cap · What happens: get, put · To what, where: armour, magic spell, cap

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 83 «Just So Stories, The Beginning of the Armadillos, part 2: swimming lessons, curling lessons, and a new name» 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: Mo: «they got their armour from a magic spell, no cap.»

nsubjpunctpunctnsubjnmod:possobjcasedetamodoblpunctdetappospunctpunctrootMoPROPN:PUNCT«PUNCTtheyPRONgotVERBtheirPRONarmourNOUNfromADPaDETmagicADJspellNOUN,PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1MoMoPROPNNumber=Sing5 gotnsubj
2::PUNCT_1 Mopunct
3««PUNCT_5 gotpunct
4theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 gotnsubj
5gotgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6theirtheirPRONCase=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 armournmod:poss
7armourarmourNOUNNumber=Sing5 gotobj
8fromfromADP_11 spellcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 spelldet
10magicmagicADJDegree=Pos11 spellamod
11spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing5 gotobl
12,,PUNCT_14 cappunct
13nonoDETPronType=Neg14 capdet
14capcapNOUNNumber=Sing11 spellappos
15..PUNCT_5 gotpunct
16»»PUNCT_5 gotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1get in a quotepastMotheir armoura magic spellvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent armour=Theme from spell=Source

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: (no cap = honestly) Put it right.

punctdetpunctadvmodpunctacl:relclobjadvmodpunctroot(PUNCTnoDETcapNOUN=SYMhonestlyADV)PUNCTPutVERBitPRONrightADV.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1((PUNCT_3 cappunct
2nonoDETPronType=Neg3 capdet
3capcapNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
4==SYM_7 Putpunct
5honestlyhonestlyADV_7 Putadvmod
6))PUNCT_5 honestlypunct
7PutputVERBVerbForm=Inf3 capacl:relcl
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 Putobj
9rightrightADV_7 Putadvmod
10..PUNCT_3 cappunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1putinfinitiveno cap not said herecaphonestly, right propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No spell: they were born that way

detpunctnsubj:passaux:passacl:relcldetobl:unmarkedrootNoDETspellNOUN:PUNCTtheyPRONwereAUXbornVERBthatDETwayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoDETPronType=Neg2 spelldet
2spellspellNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
3::PUNCT_6 bornpunct
4theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 bornnsubj:pass
5werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin6 bornaux:pass
6bornbearVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 spellacl:relcl
7thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem8 waydet
8waywayNOUNNumber=Sing6 bornobl:unmarked
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1bearpast · passiveno spell not said heretheythat way obl:unmarkedvn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

No magic: they just grew bigger during the rainy season

detnsubjpunctnsubjadvmodxcompcasedetamodoblrootNoDETmagicNOUN:PUNCTtheyPRONjustADVgrewVERBbiggerADJduringADPtheDETrainyADJseasonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoDETPronType=Neg2 magicdet
2magicmagicNOUNNumber=Sing6 grewnsubj
3::PUNCT_6 grewpunct
4theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs6 grewnsubj
5justjustADV_6 grewadvmod
6grewgrowVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
7biggerbigADJDegree=Cmp6 grewxcomp
8duringduringADP_11 seasoncase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 seasondet
10rainyrainyADJDegree=Pos11 seasonamod
11seasonseasonNOUNNumber=Sing6 grewobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growpastno magicseasonbig propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, a spell: they found it in the river and changed

discoursepunctdetpunctnsubjacl:relclobjcasedetoblccconjrootYesINTJ,PUNCTaDETspellNOUN:PUNCTtheyPRONfoundVERBitPRONinADPtheDETriverNOUNandCCONJchangedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YesyesINTJPolarity=Pos4 spelldiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Yespunct
3aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 spelldet
4spellspellNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
5::PUNCT_7 foundpunct
6theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs7 foundnsubj
7foundfindVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin4 spellacl:relcl
8ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs7 foundobj
9ininADP_11 rivercase
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 riverdet
11riverriverNOUNNumber=Sing7 foundobl
12andandCCONJ_13 changedcc
13changedchangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 foundconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1findpasttheyspellthe rivervn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2changeparticiplethey not said herevn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No spell: they practised all night, helping each other, and changed

detnsubjpunctnsubjdetobl:unmarkedpunctadvclobjfixedpunctccadvclrootNoDETspellNOUN:PUNCTtheyPRONpractisedVERBallDETnightNOUN,PUNCThelpingVERBeachDETotherADJ,PUNCTandCCONJchangedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NonoDETPronType=Neg2 spelldet
2spellspellNOUNNumber=Sing5 practisednsubj
3::PUNCT_2 spellpunct
4theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs5 practisednsubj
5practisedpractiseVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6allallDETPronType=Tot7 nightdet
7nightnightNOUNNumber=Sing5 practisedobl:unmarked
8,,PUNCT_9 helpingpunct
9helpinghelpVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part5 practisedadvcl
10eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp9 helpingobj
11otherotherADJDegree=Pos10 eachfixed
12,,PUNCT_14 changedpunct
13andandCCONJ_14 changedcc
14changedchangeVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass5 practisedadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1practisepastno spellnighttree rules
2helpgerundno spell not said hereeachvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Beneficiary
3changeparticipleno spell not said herevn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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