Test 16 · ★★ · Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the B…

★★★ The Djinns lift the Palace at the first stamp and bring it back at the second. If the Butterfly had stamped five times in all, where would the Palace be at the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ★, Palace · What happens: lift, bring back, stamp, be · To what, where: Palace, first stamp, Butterfly, all, end

This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 97 «Just So Stories, The Butterfly that Stamped, part 2: the Butterfly stamps, Balkis is wise, and the book ends» 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: ★★★ The Djinns lift the Palace at the first stamp and bring it back at the second.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	★	★	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lift	nsubj
2	★	★	X	Foreign=Yes	1 ★	dep
3	★	★	SCONJ	_	6 lift	mark
4	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Djinns	det
5	Djinns	djinn	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 lift	nsubj
6	lift	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Palace	det
8	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 lift	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 stamp	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stamp	det
11	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	12 stamp	amod
12	stamp	stamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lift	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 bring	cc
14	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 lift	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 bring	obj
16	back	back	ADV	_	14 bring	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 second	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 second	det
19	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bring	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 lift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present	★	the Palace		the first stamp			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent palace=Theme at stamp=Destination
2	bring back	infinitive	★ not said here	Palace			second		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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: If the Butterfly had stamped five times in all, where would the Palace be at the end?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	5 stamped	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Butterfly	det
3	Butterfly	Butterfly	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 stamped	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 stamped	aux
5	stamped	stamp	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 times	nummod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stamped	obl:unmarked
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 stamped	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 end	punct
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	18 end	advmod
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 end	aux
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Palace	det
14	Palace	Palace	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 end	nsubj
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 end	cop
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 end	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 end	det
18	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stamped	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 stamped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stamp	past · perfect · passive		the Butterfly		all	time		vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme in all=Destination
2	is	would	the Palace				at the end		tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

In the air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 air	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 air	det
3	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Back on the ground, with the Queens dancing around the garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Back	back	ADV	_	4 ground	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 ground	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ground	det
4	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 Queens	punct
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 Queens	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Queens	det
8	Queens	queen	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ground	conj
9	dancing	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 Queens	acl
10	around	around	ADP	_	12 garden	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 garden	det
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dancing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	gerund	the Queens not said here			the garden			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around garden=Location

Option 3

At home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	2 home	case
2	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

Sitting in the middle of the sea at the foot of the throne

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 middle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 sea	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 middle	nmod
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 foot	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 foot	det
10	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 throne	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 throne	det
13	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 foot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the middle of the sea		at the foot of the throne	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location

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