Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…
so the dude wanted to be a poet by Easter, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude · What happens: want, be · To what, where: poet
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1019 «Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks a wise woman for help, and a cruel prince wins riches by destroying other lands» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 wanted | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dude | det |
| 3 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 poet | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 poet | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 poet | det |
| 8 | poet | poet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 Easter | case |
| 10 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 poet | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 12 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the dude | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is a not said to happen | to-infinitive | the dude not said here | a poet | by Easter | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, by Easter, but he hated poems
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 Easter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Easter | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 Easter | case |
| 4 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 hated | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 hated | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 hated | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hated | nsubj |
| 8 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 hated | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | past | Easter | poems | by Easter | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer poem=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, by Easter, and to live off his poems
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 Easter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Easter | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 Easter | case |
| 4 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 live | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 live | cc |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 Easter | acl:relcl |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 live | compound:prt |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 poems | nmod:poss |
| 11 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 live | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live off | to-infinitive | Easter's poems | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme poem=Location |
Option 3
yeah, by Easter, and also to be famous across the whole kingdom and beyond for centuries
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 Easter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Easter | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 Easter | case |
| 4 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 famous | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 famous | cc |
| 7 | also | also | ADV | _ | 10 famous | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 famous | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 famous | cop |
| 10 | famous | famous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Easter | amod |
| 11 | across | across | ADP | _ | 14 kingdom | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 kingdom | det |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 kingdom | amod |
| 14 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 famous | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 beyond | cc |
| 16 | beyond | beyond | ADV | _ | 10 famous | conj |
| 17 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 centuries | case |
| 18 | centuries | century | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 famous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | to-infinitive | the whole kingdom | century | famous property | tree rules |
Option 4
yeah, by Easter, and to live off his poems and sell them to the rich lords of the town
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 Easter | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 Easter | punct |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 Easter | case |
| 4 | Easter | Easter | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 live | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 live | cc |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 live | mark |
| 8 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 Easter | parataxis |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 live | compound:prt |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 poems | nmod:poss |
| 11 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 live | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sell | cc |
| 13 | sell | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 live | conj |
| 14 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sell | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 lords | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 lords | det |
| 17 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 lords | amod |
| 18 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 sell | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 town | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 town | det |
| 21 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 lords | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live off | to-infinitive | Easter's poems | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme poem=Location | |||||
| 2 | sell | present | poems = poem | the rich lords of the town | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Theme to lord=Recipient |
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