Test 3 · ★★ · Souls, ghosts and stories
«Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway). What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horseman, boy · What happens: live up, say, be · To what, where: ginnel, real · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Souls, ghosts and stories» of the religion ethics 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: «Headless horseman's real, he lives up the ginnel,» says a boy in Leeds (ginnel = alleyway).
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 2 | Headless | headless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 horseman | amod |
| 3 | horseman | horseman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 horseman | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 says | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lives | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lives | nsubj |
| 8 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | parataxis |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 8 lives | compound:prt |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ginnel | det |
| 11 | ginnel | ginnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lives | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 real | punct |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| 14 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 boy | det |
| 16 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 says | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 Leeds | case |
| 18 | Leeds | Leeds | PROPN | Number=Sing | 16 boy | nmod |
| 19 | ( | ( | PUNCT | _ | 20 ginnel | punct |
| 20 | ginnel | ginnel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 boy | appos |
| 21 | = | = | SYM | _ | 22 alleyway | punct |
| 22 | alleyway | alleyway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 ginnel | conj |
| 23 | ) | ) | PUNCT | _ | 20 ginnel | punct |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live up in a quote | present | horseman | the ginnel | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme ginnel=Location | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | a boy | real | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
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 true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He's real but only appears at Halloween
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 appears | cc |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 appears | advmod |
| 6 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | conj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 Halloween | case |
| 8 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 appears | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | appear | present | He not said here | Halloween | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at halloween=Location |
Option 2
He's a saint from the Bible
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 saint | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 saint | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 saint | det |
| 4 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 Bible | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Bible | det |
| 7 | Bible | Bible | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 saint | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | He | a saint | the Bible | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's an old legend, not a real person
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 legend | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 legend | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 legend | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 legend | amod |
| 5 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 person | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 person | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 person | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 person | amod |
| 10 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 legend | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a old legend and a real person | tree rules |
Option 4
He's real and lives in Yorkshire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 lives | cc |
| 5 | lives | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Yorkshire | case |
| 7 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 lives | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | He not said here | Yorkshire | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yorkshire=Location |
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