Test 11 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey…
Did the Seer ever find the good stuff again?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Seer · What happens: do, find · To what, where: Seer, good stuff
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 939 «Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's eyes are clouded, the Hearer's ears burst, and the third brother sets out» 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Seer | det |
| 3 | Seer | seer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 find | advmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 Seer | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 stuff | det |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stuff | amod |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 9 | again | again | ADV | _ | 5 find | advmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Seer | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent seer=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | find | infinitive | the Seer not said here | the good stuff | ever; again | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, but he got a new pair of eyes from a wizard later, so it all worked out fine
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 got | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pair | det |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pair | amod |
| 8 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 eyes | case |
| 10 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pair | nmod |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 wizard | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 wizard | det |
| 13 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 eyes | nmod |
| 14 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 wizard | advmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 worked | punct |
| 16 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 worked | advmod |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 worked | nsubj |
| 18 | all | all | ADV | _ | 19 worked | advmod |
| 19 | worked | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| 20 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 worked | compound:prt |
| 21 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 worked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | a new pair of eyes from a wizard | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer pair=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | work out | past | pair | all, fine property | vn discover-84 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yeah, he found it again at last
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 found | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | obj |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 found | advmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 last | case |
| 8 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 found | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | he | it | last | again | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at last=Asset |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he lost his faith in the world and himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 faith | nmod:poss |
| 6 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 himself | cc |
| 11 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | he | his faith | the world | himself = he obl | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent faith=Eventuality |
Option 4
Yeah, he found the good stuff again after a long journey through the north and back
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 found | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stuff | det |
| 6 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stuff | amod |
| 7 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 4 found | advmod |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 journey | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 journey | det |
| 11 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 journey | amod |
| 12 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 13 | through | through | ADP | _ | 15 north | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 north | det |
| 15 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 journey | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 back | cc |
| 17 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 north | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | he | the good stuff | after a long journey through the north and back; again | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Topic |
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