Test 17 · ★★ · Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so…
★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool». Who drew the «yo» sign (8.)?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, side · What happens: see, scratch, draw · To what, where: this, yo sign
This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 88 «Just So Stories, How the Alphabet Was Made, part 2: yo, so, sho, shi, and shu-ya, the sky-water» 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: ★★★ Careful: «S'pose you saw this scratched by the side of a pool».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 4 Careful | case |
| 4 | Careful | careful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 ★ | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 ★ | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
| 7 | S'pose | s'pose | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 scratched | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | scratched | scratch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 saw | xcomp |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 side | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 side | det |
| 14 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 scratched | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 pool | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 pool | det |
| 17 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 side | nmod |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 17 pool | punct |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 saw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see in a quote | past | ★ | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | scratch in a quote | participle · passive | the side of a pool | this | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=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: Who drew the «yo» sign (8.)?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 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 | 7 sign | det |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 yo | punct |
| 5 | yo | yo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sign | compound |
| 6 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 yo | punct |
| 7 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 drew | obj |
| 8 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 9 8 | punct |
| 9 | 8 | 8 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 sign | appos |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 8 | punct |
| 11 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 9 8 | punct |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 drew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | the yo sign | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The Camel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Camel | det |
| 2 | Camel | camel | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The Stranger-man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 2 | Stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 man | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Stranger | punct |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tegumai
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tegumai | Tegumai | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Taffy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taffy | Taffy | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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