Test 7 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey…
The wild swans were the bad news birds, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wild swans · What happens: be · To what, where: bad news birds
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 swans | det |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 swans | amod |
| 3 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 birds | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 birds | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 birds | det |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 birds | amod |
| 7 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 birds | compound |
| 8 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 right | punct |
| 10 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 8 birds | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 birds | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the wild swans | the bad news birds | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, they flew all over the place and carried every tiding home to the family, lol
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 flew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 place | advmod |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 place | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 place | det |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flew | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 carried | cc |
| 10 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 tiding | det |
| 12 | tiding | tiding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obj |
| 13 | home | home | ADV | _ | 10 carried | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 family | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 family | det |
| 16 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 carried | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 flew | punct |
| 18 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 flew | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | they | the place | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location place=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | they not said here | every tiding | the family | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tiding=Theme to family=Destination |
Option 2
Yep, they flew east and carried the tidings of the Seer's blindness back home to everyone
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 flew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | east | east | ADV | _ | 4 flew | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 carried | cc |
| 7 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tidings | det |
| 9 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 carried | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 blindness | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Seer | det |
| 12 | Seer | seer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 blindness | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Seer | case |
| 14 | blindness | blindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tidings | nmod |
| 15 | back | back | ADV | _ | 16 home | advmod |
| 16 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 carried | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 everyone | case |
| 18 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | they | east property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | they not said here | the tidings of the Seer's blindness | everyone | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent tiding=Theme to everyone=Destination |
Option 3
Yep, they flew north and brought sad news
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 flew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | north | north | ADV | _ | 4 flew | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 brought | cc |
| 7 | brought | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 8 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 news | amod |
| 9 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brought | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | they | north property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bring | past | they not said here | sad news | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent news=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, they flew east and carried the tidings home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 flew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flew | nsubj |
| 4 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | east | east | ADV | _ | 4 flew | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 carried | cc |
| 7 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flew | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tidings | det |
| 9 | tidings | tiding | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 carried | obj |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 carried | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | past | they | east property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | carry | past | they not said here | the tidings | home property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tiding=Theme |
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