Test 1 · Sleepovers and spooky stories
"Bloody Mary bloody mary bloody mary... SHE'S THERE I SAW HER FACE CHANGE" What really happened?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: SHE, I, FACE CHANGE, HER · What happens: be, see, happen, change · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 26 «Sleepovers and spooky 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: "Bloody Mary bloody mary bloody mary...
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mary | punct |
| 2 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 Mary | amod |
| 3 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 mary | amod |
| 5 | mary | mary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Mary | conj |
| 6 | bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 mary | amod |
| 7 | mary | mary | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mary | conj |
| 8 | ... | ... | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mary | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: SHE'S THERE I SAW HER FACE CHANGE" What really happened?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SHE | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 THERE | nsubj |
| 2 | 'S | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 THERE | cop |
| 3 | THERE | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 SAW | advmod |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 SAW | nsubj |
| 5 | SAW | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | HER | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 CHANGE | nmod:poss |
| 7 | FACE | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 CHANGE | compound |
| 8 | CHANGE | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 happened | nsubj |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 happened | punct |
| 10 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 happened | nsubj |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 happened | advmod |
| 12 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 SAW | ccomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 SAW | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | SHE | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | past | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | happen in a quote | past | HER FACE CHANGE | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | change | HER = she | nom change «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
The options
Option 1
The mirror was haunted by a girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mirror | det |
| 2 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 haunted | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 haunted | aux:pass |
| 4 | haunted | haunt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 girl | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 haunted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | haunt | past · passive | a girl | the mirror | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Staring in dim light makes your brain warp your face
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staring | stare | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 makes | csubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 light | case |
| 3 | dim | dim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 light | amod |
| 4 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Staring | obl |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brain | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brain | brain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 8 | warp | warp | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 makes | xcomp |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 face | nmod:poss |
| 10 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 warp | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | gerund | in dim light | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in light=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | present | Staring | your brain | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | warp | infinitive | your brain not said here | your face | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent face=Patient |
Option 3
Someone was standing behind her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 standing | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 standing | aux |
| 3 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 her | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 standing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past · progressive | Someone | her = she | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer her=Stimulus |
Option 4
Bloody Mary appeared because they said it three times
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 Mary | amod |
| 2 | Mary | Mary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 appeared | nsubj |
| 3 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 said | mark |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 appeared | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 said | obj |
| 8 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 times | nummod |
| 9 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 said | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | past | Bloody Mary | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | they | it | time | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
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