Test 17 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 2…
★★★ The Magician praised children «who see and are silent». What had the girl seen at the Very Beginning and kept quiet about?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ★ · What happens: praise, see, be, have, keep · To what, where: children, girl, Beginning · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 17 · ★ 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: ★★★ The Magician praised children «who see and are silent».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ★ | ★ | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 praised | nsubj |
| 2 | ★ | ★ | X | Foreign=Yes | 1 ★ | dep |
| 3 | ★ | ★ | ADP | _ | 5 Magician | case |
| 4 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Magician | det |
| 5 | Magician | Magician | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 ★ | nmod |
| 6 | praised | praise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 praised | obj |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 see | punct |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 see | nsubj |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 praised | ccomp |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 silent | cc |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 silent | cop |
| 13 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 see | conj |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 silent | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 praised | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | praise | past | ★ ★ the Magician | children | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP to be ADJ»: agent=Agent child=Theme clause=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | see in a quote | present | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | silent 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: What had the girl seen at the Very Beginning and kept quiet about?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 girl | det |
| 4 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | obj |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 girl | acl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 Beginning | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Beginning | det |
| 8 | Very | very | ADV | _ | 9 Beginning | advmod |
| 9 | Beginning | beginning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seen | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 kept | cc |
| 11 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 12 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 kept | xcomp |
| 13 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 quiet | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the girl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient | |||||
| 2 | see | participle | the girl not said here | at the Beginning | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | keep | past | quiet property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The beast slipping away into the sea and the Raja's men searching the shore
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 beast | det |
| 2 | beast | beast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | slipping | slip | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 beast | acl |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 slipping | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slipping | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 men | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Raja | det |
| 10 | Raja | Raja | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 men | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 Raja | case |
| 12 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 beast | conj |
| 13 | searching | search | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 men | acl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 shore | det |
| 15 | shore | shore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 searching | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip away | gerund | the beast and the Raja's men not said here | the sea | away property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | search | gerund | the Raja's men not said here | the shore | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent shore=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Pau Amma slipping away into the sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pau | Pau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 slipping | nsubj |
| 2 | Amma | Amma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Pau | flat |
| 3 | slipping | slip | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 slipping | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slipping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip away | gerund | Pau | the sea | away property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Pau Amma slipping away into the sea while the Magician was asleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pau | Pau | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 slipping | nsubj |
| 2 | Amma | Amma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Pau | flat |
| 3 | slipping | slip | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 slipping | advmod |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 slipping | obl |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 asleep | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Magician | det |
| 10 | Magician | Magician | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 asleep | nsubj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 asleep | cop |
| 12 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 slipping | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slip away | gerund | Pau | the sea | away property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||
| 2 | is | past | the Magician | asleep property | tree rules |
Option 4
Pau Amma hiding in the sand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pau | Pau | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | Amma | Amma | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Pau | flat |
| 3 | hiding | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Pau | acl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sand | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sand | det |
| 6 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hiding | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | gerund | Pau not said here | the sand | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in sand=Location |
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