Test 2 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1…
Why does Pau Amma run off?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Pau · What happens: run off
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 90 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 1: the Eldest Magician and the sea that will not behave» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 run | advmod |
| 2 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 run | aux |
| 3 | Pau | Pau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 run | nsubj |
| 4 | Amma | Amma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Pau | flat |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 run | compound:prt |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 run | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run off | present · do-support | Pau | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He gets tired of waiting while the Magician talks to the Man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gets | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 waiting | mark |
| 5 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 tired | advcl |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 talks | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Magician | det |
| 8 | Magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 talks | nsubj |
| 9 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 gets | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Man | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Man | det |
| 12 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 talks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | He | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | He not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk | present | the Magician | to the Man | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent |
Option 2
He is tired of waiting, so he scuttles off while the Magician and the Man talk about everything
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 tired | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tired | cop |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 waiting | mark |
| 5 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 tired | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 scuttles | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 scuttles | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 scuttles | nsubj |
| 9 | scuttles | scuttle | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 tired | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 scuttles | compound:prt |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 17 talk | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Magician | det |
| 13 | Magician | Magician | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 talk | nsubj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Man | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 Man | det |
| 16 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 Magician | conj |
| 17 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 scuttles | advcl |
| 18 | about | about | ADP | _ | 19 everything | case |
| 19 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | tired property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | He not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | scuttle off | present | he | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | talk | infinitive | the Magician and the Man | about everything | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about everything=Topic |
Option 3
He gets tired of waiting while the Magician talks to the Man about the Sea and the Animals
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tired | tired | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 gets | xcomp |
| 4 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 5 waiting | mark |
| 5 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 tired | advcl |
| 6 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 talks | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Magician | det |
| 8 | Magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 talks | nsubj |
| 9 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 gets | advcl |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 Man | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Man | det |
| 12 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 talks | obl |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 15 Sea | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 Sea | det |
| 15 | Sea | Sea | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Man | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 Animals | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 Animals | det |
| 18 | Animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 Man | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | He | tired property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | wait | gerund | He not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk | present | the Magician | to the Man about the Sea and the Animals | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to man=Co-Agent |
Option 4
He wants to see the Man's little girl up close and wave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Man | det |
| 6 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 girl | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Man | case |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 girl | amod |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 see | obj |
| 10 | up | up | ADV | _ | 11 close | advmod |
| 11 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 see | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wave | cc |
| 13 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 2 wants | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | He | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | the Man's little girl | close property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus | |||
| 3 | wave | present | He not said here | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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