Test 3 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…

who's the wise lady, anyway?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: wise lady

This is test 3 · ★ 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	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 lady	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lady	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 anyway	punct
7	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 lady	advmod
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 lady	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the wise lady				anyway property	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

the one in the little house by the gate, who knows every secret in the village and every herb

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 knows	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 knows	nsubj
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	14 secret	det
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knows	obj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 village	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 village	det
17	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knows	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 herb	cc
19	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	20 herb	det
20	herb	herb	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 village	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	present	the one in the little house by the gate	every secret		the village and every herb			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus

Option 2

the one who lives up the hill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 lives	nsubj
4	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 one	acl:relcl
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 lives	compound:prt
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 hill	det
7	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live up	present	the one	the hill					vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme hill=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

the one in the little house by the gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 one	det
2	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 house	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 house	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 house	amod
6	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gate	det
9	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 one	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

the old lady in the little house by the gate, the one with the cats and the spectacles and the books

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lady	amod
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 house	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 house	amod
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lady	nmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 gate	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 house	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 one	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lady	appos
14	with	with	ADP	_	16 cats	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 cats	det
16	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 one	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 spectacles	cc
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 spectacles	det
19	spectacles	spectacle	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 cats	conj
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 books	cc
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 books	det
22	books	book	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 cats	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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