Test 9 · Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not you…
Maddie: «the goat literally ate my coat toggle, that's theft». What's the real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, real lesson · What happens: eat, be · To what, where: coat toggle, theft
This is test 9 of lesson 458 «Magpies, geese, ponies and swans: animals that are not your friends» of the everyday 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: Maddie: «the goat literally ate my coat toggle, that's theft».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maddie | Maddie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maddie | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 ate | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 goat | det |
| 5 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | nsubj |
| 6 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 7 ate | advmod |
| 7 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 toggle | nmod:poss |
| 9 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 toggle | compound |
| 10 | toggle | toggle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ate | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 theft | punct |
| 12 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 theft | det |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 theft | cop |
| 14 | theft | theft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 toggle | appos |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 theft | punct |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 ate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | past | Maddie | my coat toggle | literally property | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toggle=Patient | |||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | that theft | 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.
Sentence 2: What's the real lesson?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lesson | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lesson | amod |
| 5 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the real lesson | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Goats only eat red things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 eat | advmod |
| 3 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 things | amod |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 eat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | Goats | red things | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Goats chew anything, so hold onto your stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 chew | nsubj |
| 2 | chew | chew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 chew | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hold | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 hold | advmod |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 chew | conj |
| 7 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 9 stuff | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 stuff | nmod:poss |
| 9 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chew | present | Goats | anything | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hold | infinitive | Goats not said here | your stuff | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Goats steal on purpose to annoy you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 steal | nsubj |
| 2 | steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 purpose | case |
| 4 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 steal | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 annoy | mark |
| 6 | annoy | annoy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 steal | advcl |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 annoy | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | present | Goats | purpose | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on purpose=Location | ||||
| 2 | annoy | to-infinitive | Goats not said here | you | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus you=Experiencer |
Option 4
You should feed goats your coat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 feed | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 feed | aux |
| 3 | feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | goats | goat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feed | obj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 coat | nmod:poss |
| 6 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goats | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | should | You | goats | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Recipient |
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