Test 8 · Ancient times and famous stories
Bella says witches were burned at Salem. How could she put it right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bella · What happens: say, burn, put · To what, where: witches, Salem, it · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» of the myths 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: Bella says witches were burned at Salem.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bella | Bella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | witches | witch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 burned | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 burned | aux:pass |
| 5 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 Salem | case |
| 7 | Salem | Salem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 burned | obl |
| 8 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Bella | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | burn | past · passive | witches | Salem | 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: How could she put it right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 put | advmod |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 put | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | nsubj |
| 4 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 put | obj |
| 6 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 put | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | could | Bella | it | right property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
People were hanged there; burning happened in other places
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hanged | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hanged | aux:pass |
| 3 | hanged | hange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 hanged | advmod |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 happened | punct |
| 6 | burning | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 happened | nsubj |
| 7 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hanged | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 places | case |
| 9 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 places | amod |
| 10 | places | place | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hange | past · passive | People | there | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | burn | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | happen | past | other places | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
Option 2
Salem is a made-up town from a film
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salem | salem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 town | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 town | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 town | det |
| 4 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 town | amod |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 made | compound:prt |
| 7 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 film | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 film | det |
| 10 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 town | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make up | participle | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | Salem | a made town | a film | tree rules |
Option 3
Nobody was ever accused of witchcraft at Salem, not even once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 accused | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 accused | aux:pass |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 accused | advmod |
| 4 | accused | accuse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 witchcraft | case |
| 6 | witchcraft | witchcraft | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 accused | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Salem | case |
| 8 | Salem | Salem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 accused | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 once | punct |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 once | advmod |
| 11 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 once | advmod |
| 12 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 accused | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | accuse | past · passive | Nobody | Salem | ever | of witchcraft; once property | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme of witchcraft=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
They were burned at Salem every single year
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 burned | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 burned | aux:pass |
| 3 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 Salem | case |
| 5 | Salem | Salem | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 burned | obl |
| 6 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 year | det |
| 7 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 year | amod |
| 8 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 burned | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past · passive | They | Salem | year | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
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