Test 6 · ★ · Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1:…

Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.» (wee = small) Put it right.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wee Taffy · What happens: draw, put · To what, where: it, wee

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 84 «Just So Stories, How the First Letter Was Written, part 1: a broken spear and a picture on birch-bark» 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: Dev from Glasgow: «wee Taffy drew it all perfect, every beaver.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dev	Dev	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	from	from	ADP	_	3 Glasgow	case
3	Glasgow	Glasgow	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Dev	nmod
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 drew	punct
5	«	«	PUNCT	_	8 drew	punct
6	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 Taffy	amod
7	Taffy	Taffy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 drew	nsubj
8	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Dev	acl:relcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 drew	obj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 it	det
11	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 drew	xcomp
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 beaver	punct
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 beaver	det
14	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dev	appos
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	14 beaver	punct
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 beaver	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw in a quote	past	wee Taffy	it				perfect property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: (wee = small) Put it right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct
2	wee	wee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	4 small	punct
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 Put	punct
6	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 small	parataxis
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 Put	obj
8	right	right	ADV	_	6 Put	advmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 small	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	infinitive		wee				right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

She drew the beavers' heads very neatly and proudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beavers	det
4	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 heads	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 beavers	case
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 neatly	advmod
8	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	2 drew	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 proudly	cc
10	proudly	proudly	ADV	_	8 neatly	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	the beavers's heads				neatly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

She only drew the beavers' heads, and says she can't draw them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 drew	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 drew	advmod
3	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beavers	det
5	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 heads	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 beavers	case
7	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drew	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 says	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 drew	conj
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 draw	nsubj
12	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 draw	aux
13	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 draw	advmod
14	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 says	ccomp
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 draw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	draw	past	She	the beavers's heads	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	not draw	can	she	heads = head	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

She drew all the beavers perfectly and says she can draw them all, and the picture is nicely finished

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 beavers	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 beavers	det
5	beavers	beaver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drew	obj
6	perfectly	perfectly	ADV	_	2 drew	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 drew	conj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 draw	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 draw	aux
11	draw	draw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 says	ccomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 draw	obj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 them	nmod:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 finished	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 finished	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 picture	det
17	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 finished	nsubj:pass
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 finished	aux:pass
19	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	20 finished	advmod
20	finished	finish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 drew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	all beavers	perfectly property	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	She not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	draw	can	she	beavers = beaver		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
4	finish	present · passive		the picture	nicely property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: subject=Eventuality

Option 4

She drew every beaver, so the picture was complete

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drew	nsubj
2	drew	draw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 beaver	det
4	beaver	beaver	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drew	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 complete	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	10 complete	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 picture	det
8	picture	picture	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 complete	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 complete	cop
10	complete	complete	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 drew	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	past	She	every beaver					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beaver=Theme
2	is	past	the picture					complete property	tree rules

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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