Test 9 · ★ · Andersen, The Philosopher's Stone, part 150: the Seer's ey…
What's a mote, like a tiny bug or a speck?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: mote
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 mote | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 mote | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 mote | det |
| 4 | mote | mote | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bug | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bug | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bug | det |
| 8 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bug | amod |
| 9 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mote | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 speck | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 speck | det |
| 12 | speck | speck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bug | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 mote | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a mote and a tiny bug or a speck | 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 · ✓ the right answer
A speck of dust, basically, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 speck | det |
| 2 | speck | speck | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 dust | case |
| 4 | dust | dust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 speck | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 basically | punct |
| 6 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 2 speck | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 basically | punct |
| 8 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 speck | discourse |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A tiny flying bug that bites people at night, I guess, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bug | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bug | amod |
| 3 | flying | flying | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bug | compound |
| 4 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 guess | nsubj |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 bites | nsubj |
| 6 | bites | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bug | acl:relcl |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 bites | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bites | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 guess | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 guess | nsubj |
| 12 | guess | guess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 guess | punct |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 12 guess | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | present | a tiny flying bug | people | night | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | |||
| 2 | guess | present | a tiny flying bug | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A tiny bug, like a fly, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bug | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bug | amod |
| 3 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 fly | punct |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 fly | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fly | det |
| 7 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bug | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 bug | punct |
| 9 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 bug | discourse |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Like a little bug that lives in the grass and eats the crumbs, basically, lol
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 4 bug | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bug | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bug | amod |
| 4 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 lives | nsubj |
| 6 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 bug | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 grass | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 grass | det |
| 9 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lives | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 eats | cc |
| 11 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lives | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crumbs | det |
| 13 | crumbs | crumb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 eats | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 basically | punct |
| 15 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 11 eats | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bug | punct |
| 17 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 bug | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | present | a little bug | the grass | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in grass=Location | ||||
| 2 | eat | present | a little bug not said here | the crumbs | basically property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crumb=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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