Test 10 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…
what did people yell when they saw the palaces?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: people · What happens: yell, see · To what, where: palaces
This is test 10 · ★ 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 yell | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yell | aux |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 yell | nsubj |
| 4 | yell | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 saw | advmod |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saw | nsubj |
| 7 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 yell | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palaces | det |
| 9 | palaces | palace | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 saw | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 yell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past · do-support | people | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see | past | people | the palaces | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus |
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
"long live the king!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 live | punct |
| 2 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 live | advmod |
| 3 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 live | obj |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 live | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 live | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live in a quote | imperative | you not said here | the king | long property | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme king=Location |
Option 2
"what a mighty prince, what a great ruler of all the lands!"
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 4 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prince | amod |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ruler | punct |
| 7 | what | what | DET | PronType=Int | 10 ruler | det:predet |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ruler | det |
| 9 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 ruler | amod |
| 10 | ruler | ruler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 prince | appos |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 lands | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 lands | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 lands | det |
| 14 | lands | land | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 ruler | nmod |
| 15 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 10 ruler | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
"what a mighty prince!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 prince | punct |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 prince | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 4 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prince | amod |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 prince | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 prince | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
"what a mighty prince, look at all those golden towers and marble halls!"
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 look | punct |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 look | obl |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 4 | mighty | mighty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 prince | amod |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 towers | case |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 towers | det:predet |
| 10 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 12 towers | det |
| 11 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 towers | amod |
| 12 | towers | tower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 look | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 halls | cc |
| 14 | marble | marble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 halls | amod |
| 15 | halls | hall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 towers | conj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 look | punct |
| 17 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | imperative | you not said here | at all golden towers and marble halls | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tower=Theme |
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