Test 10 · ★ · Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three frien…

the smidraki thing, is that like a fire-breathing monster?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: smidraki thing · What happens: breathe, be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 831 «Stories of Many Lands, The Bond of Friendship: three friends swear to be brothers and sister for life, and a secret love is confessed» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 thing	det
2	smidraki	smidraki	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thing	compound
3	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 monster	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 thing	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 monster	cop
6	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 monster	nsubj
7	like	like	ADP	_	12 monster	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 monster	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 breathing	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 fire	punct
11	breathing	breathe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 monster	amod
12	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 monster	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	gerund							vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the smidraki thing					like a breathing monster	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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, fire comes out of its throat, scary stuff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 throat	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 throat	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 throat	nmod:poss
8	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stuff	punct
10	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stuff	amod
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 throat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	fire	fire's throat and scary stuff					vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient throat=Result

Option 2

Yeah, it's a dragon that eats the sheep, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 dragon	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dragon	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dragon	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dragon	det
6	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 eats	nsubj
8	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dragon	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sheep	det
10	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 eats	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dragon	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 dragon	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a dragon					tree rules
2	eat	present	a dragon	the sheep					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, fire comes out of its throat, scary stuff, and the kids in the village all fear it

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 comes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 comes	punct
3	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	nsubj
4	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 fear	advcl
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 throat	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 throat	case
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 throat	nmod:poss
8	throat	throat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 comes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stuff	punct
10	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stuff	amod
11	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 throat	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 fear	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 fear	cc
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 kids	det
15	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 fear	nsubj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 village	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 village	det
18	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 kids	nmod
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	20 fear	advmod
20	fear	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 fear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come out	present	fire	fire's throat and scary stuff					vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient throat=Result
2	fear	present	the kids in the village	fire					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it's a wolf-like spirit that hunts at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 spirit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 spirit	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 spirit	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 spirit	det
6	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 like	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 wolf	punct
8	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 spirit	amod
9	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 hunts	nsubj
11	hunts	hunt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 spirit	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 night	case
13	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hunts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a like spirit					tree rules
2	hunt	present	a like spirit				night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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