Test 1 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…
Jay from Peckham: «the Magician knew where the crab was all along, bruv.» (bruv = mate) Put it right.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jay, crab, you · What happens: know, be, put · To what, where: bruv
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 91 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2: Pau Amma loses his shell» 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: Jay from Peckham: «the Magician knew where the crab was all along, bruv.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jay | Jay | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Peckham | case |
| 3 | Peckham | Peckham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Jay | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 knew | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 knew | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Magician | det |
| 7 | Magician | Magician | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 knew | nsubj |
| 8 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 along | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 crab | det |
| 11 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 along | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 along | cop |
| 13 | all | all | ADV | _ | 14 along | advmod |
| 14 | along | along | ADV | _ | 8 knew | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 bruv | punct |
| 16 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 knew | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 knew | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 knew | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know in a quote | past | Jay from Peckham | bruv | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | past | the crab | all, along property | 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.
Sentence 2: (bruv = mate) Put it right.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 bruv | punct |
| 2 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Put | obl |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bruv | conj |
| 5 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 bruv | punct |
| 6 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 | _ | 6 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | bruv and mate | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He learned it from the girl by chance
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 learned | nsubj |
| 2 | learned | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 learned | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 learned | obl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 chance | case |
| 8 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 learned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | past | He | it | from the girl; by chance | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Topic from girl=Source |
Option 2
He found it only after the girl was found
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 found | nsubj |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 found | obj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 girl | advmod |
| 5 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 girl | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | aux:pass |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 found | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | He | it | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | past · passive | the girl | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
He only knew after the girl described the beast
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 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 knew | advmod |
| 3 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 described | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 described | nsubj |
| 7 | described | describe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 knew | ccomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 beast | det |
| 9 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 described | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | He | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | describe | past | the girl | the beast | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent beast=Theme |
Option 4
He knew all along
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 knew | nsubj |
| 2 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 2 knew | advmod |
| 4 | along | along | ADV | _ | 2 knew | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | He | all, along property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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