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.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mo | Mo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mo | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 armour | nmod:poss |
| 7 | armour | armour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 spell | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 spell | det |
| 10 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 spell | amod |
| 11 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cap | punct |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 cap | det |
| 14 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 spell | appos |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in a quote | past | Mo | their armour | a magic spell | vn 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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 cap | det |
| 3 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | = | = | SYM | _ | 7 Put | punct |
| 5 | honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 5 honestly | punct |
| 7 | Put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 cap | acl:relcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 Put | obj |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 7 Put | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | infinitive | no cap not said here | cap | honestly, right property | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 spell | det |
| 2 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 born | punct |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 born | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 born | aux:pass |
| 6 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 spell | acl:relcl |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 born | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | no spell not said here | they | that way obl:unmarked | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
No magic: they just grew bigger during the rainy season
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 magic | det |
| 2 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 grew | punct |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 grew | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 grew | advmod |
| 6 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 grew | xcomp |
| 8 | during | during | ADP | _ | 11 season | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 season | det |
| 10 | rainy | rainy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 season | amod |
| 11 | season | season | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | no magic | season | big property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, a spell: they found it in the river and changed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 spell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spell | det |
| 4 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 found | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 found | nsubj |
| 7 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 spell | acl:relcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 found | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 river | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 river | det |
| 11 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 found | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 changed | cc |
| 13 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 found | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | they | spell | the river | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | |||
| 2 | change | participle | they not said here | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 spell | det |
| 2 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 practised | nsubj |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 2 spell | punct |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 practised | nsubj |
| 5 | practised | practise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 night | det |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 practised | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 helping | punct |
| 9 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 practised | advcl |
| 10 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 9 helping | obj |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 each | fixed |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 changed | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 changed | cc |
| 14 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 practised | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | practise | past | no spell | night | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | gerund | no spell not said here | each | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Beneficiary | ||||
| 3 | change | participle | no spell not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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