Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: t…

Kayla: «bummer, the blade-bone magic's real, my uncle reads bones.» (bummer = what a shame) What is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, bummer · What happens: read, shame, be · To what, where: bones

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 93 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 1: the First Friend and the First Servant» 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: Kayla: «bummer, the blade-bone magic's real, my uncle reads bones.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kayla	Kayla	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 real	nsubj
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 bummer	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 bummer	punct
4	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kayla	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Kayla	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 magic	det
7	blade	blade	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bone	compound
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 blade	punct
9	bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 magic	compound
10	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 real	nmod:poss
11	's	's	PART	_	10 magic	case
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 reads	punct
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 uncle	nmod:poss
15	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 reads	nsubj
16	reads	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 real	conj
17	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 reads	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read in a quote	present	my uncle	bones					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Topic

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: (bummer = what a shame) What is true?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	2 bummer	punct
2	bummer	bummer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 true	nsubj
3	=	=	SYM	_	6 shame	punct
4	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 shame	nsubj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shame	det
6	shame	shame	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bummer	appos
7	)	)	PUNCT	_	6 shame	punct
8	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	10 true	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 true	cop
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shame		bummer						tree rules
2	is	present	bummer					true property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Bone-reading was a real old custom and always tells what will happen next

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reading	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Bone	punct
3	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 custom	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 custom	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 custom	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custom	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custom	amod
8	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tells	cc
10	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 tells	advmod
11	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 custom	conj
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	14 happen	nsubj
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 happen	aux
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 tells	ccomp
15	next	next	ADV	_	14 happen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bone reading	a real old custom		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present	Bone reading not said here		always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	happen	future			next property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Bone-reading was a real old custom in many lands, and it does tell the future if done right

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reading	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Bone	punct
3	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 custom	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 custom	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 custom	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custom	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custom	amod
8	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lands	case
10	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lands	amod
11	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 custom	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tell	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tell	cc
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tell	nsubj
15	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 tell	aux
16	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 custom	parataxis
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 future	det
18	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tell	obj
19	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 done	mark
20	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 tell	ccomp
21	right	right	ADV	_	20 done	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bone reading	a real old custom	many lands		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	reading	the future			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent future=Recipient clause=Topic
3	do a condition, not said to happen	participle				right property	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Bone-reading was a real old custom, but it does not tell the future

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reading	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Bone	punct
3	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 custom	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 custom	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 custom	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custom	amod
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 custom	amod
8	custom	custom	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 tell	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 tell	cc
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	nsubj
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 tell	advmod
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 custom	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 future	det
16	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Bone reading	a real old custom					tree rules
2	not tell speech: assert	present · do-support	reading	the future					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent future=Recipient

Option 4

Bone-reading is real and always right about the future

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bone	bone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reading	compound
2	-	-	PUNCT	_	1 Bone	punct
3	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 real	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 real	cop
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 right	cc
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 right	advmod
8	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 real	conj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 future	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 future	det
11	future	future	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Bone reading					real property	tree rules
2	be		Bone reading not said here					about the future; always property	tree rules

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