Test 15 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3…
Dara from Melbourne: «stopped at the servo, saw the tide out, it's the crab's fault.» (servo = petrol station) What is the real reason?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dara, tide · What happens: stop, see out, be · To what, where: servo, tide, fault, real reason
This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 92 «Just So Stories, The Crab that Played with the Sea, part 3: the Moon pulls the sea, and how tides really work» 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: Dara from Melbourne: «stopped at the servo, saw the tide out, it's the crab's fault.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dara | Dara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | nsubj |
| 2 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 Melbourne | case |
| 3 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Dara | nmod |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 stopped | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 stopped | punct |
| 6 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dara | parataxis |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 servo | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 servo | det |
| 9 | servo | servo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stopped | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Dara | punct |
| 11 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tide | det |
| 13 | tide | tide | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | obj |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 saw | compound:prt |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 fault | punct |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 fault | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 21 fault | cop |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 crab | det |
| 19 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fault | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 crab | case |
| 21 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saw | parataxis |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 21 fault | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 21 fault | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop in a quote | past | the servo | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at servo=Location | |||||
| 2 | see out in a quote | past | Dara from Melbourne | the tide | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tide=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is a in a quote | present | tide | the crab's fault | 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: (servo = petrol station) What is the real reason?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 2 servo | punct |
| 2 | servo | servo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 What | nsubj |
| 3 | = | = | SYM | _ | 5 station | punct |
| 4 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 station | compound |
| 5 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 servo | conj |
| 6 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 2 servo | punct |
| 7 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 reason | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 reason | det |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 reason | amod |
| 11 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 What | acl:relcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real reason | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The Fisherman's fault
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fisherman | det |
| 2 | Fisherman | Fisherman | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 fault | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Fisherman | case |
| 4 | fault | fault | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fault | the Fisherman | nom fault «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The Moon's pull moved the water away for a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Moon | det |
| 2 | Moon | Moon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 pull | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Moon | case |
| 4 | pull | pull | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | nsubj |
| 5 | moved | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 water | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 moved | advmod |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 while | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 while | det |
| 11 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 moved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move away | past | the Moon's pull | the water | while | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent water=Theme | ||
| 2 | pull | the Moon | nom pull «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The wind blew all the water out to sea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wind | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | nsubj |
| 3 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 water | det:predet |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 blew | compound:prt |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 sea | case |
| 9 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow out | past | the wind | all water | sea | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent water=Patient to sea=Recipient |
Option 4
The Rat's bite stopped the water flow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Rat | det |
| 2 | Rat | Rat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 bite | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Rat | case |
| 4 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | nsubj |
| 5 | stopped | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 flow | det |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flow | compound |
| 8 | flow | flow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stopped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | past | the Rat's bite | the water flow | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality flow=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | bite | the Rat | nom bite «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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