Test 5 · ★ · Andersen, The Wicked Prince, part 230: a poet-student asks…
what's sloe, lol?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: sloe
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | 3 sloe | advmod |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 sloe | cop |
| 3 | sloe | sloe | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sloe | punct |
| 5 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 sloe | discourse |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sloe | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | sloe | 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
a small wild sour berry that grows on blackthorn bushes and makes your mouth pucker up badly
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 berry | det |
| 2 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 berry | amod |
| 3 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 berry | amod |
| 4 | sour | sour | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 berry | amod |
| 5 | berry | berry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pucker | nsubj |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 grows | nsubj |
| 7 | grows | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 berry | acl:relcl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 bushes | case |
| 9 | blackthorn | blackthorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bushes | compound |
| 10 | bushes | bush | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 grows | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 makes | cc |
| 12 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 grows | conj |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 makes | obj |
| 15 | pucker | pucker | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 pucker | compound:prt |
| 17 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 15 pucker | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | a small wild sour berry | blackthorn bushes | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bush=Location | ||||
| 2 | make | present | a small wild sour berry not said here | your mouth | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset mouth=Product | ||||
| 3 | pucker up | present | a small wild sour berry | badly property | vn tingle-40.8.2 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 2
a little bitter herb from the hedge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 herb | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 herb | amod |
| 3 | bitter | bitter | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 herb | amod |
| 4 | herb | herb | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 hedge | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hedge | det |
| 7 | hedge | hedge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 herb | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a sour berry that makes your mouth pucker and is used to make gin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 berry | det |
| 2 | sour | sour | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 berry | amod |
| 3 | berry | berry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 used | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 berry | acl:relcl |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 pucker | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pucker | compound |
| 8 | pucker | pucker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 makes | cc |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 used | aux:pass |
| 11 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 make | mark |
| 13 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 used | advcl |
| 14 | gin | gin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a sour berry | your mouth pucker | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pucker=Product | ||||
| 2 | use | present · passive | a sour berry | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 3 | make | to-infinitive | gin | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset gin=Product |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
a sour berry that makes your mouth pucker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 berry | det |
| 2 | sour | sour | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 berry | amod |
| 3 | berry | berry | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 makes | nsubj |
| 5 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 berry | acl:relcl |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 pucker | nmod:poss |
| 7 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pucker | compound |
| 8 | pucker | pucker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | a sour berry | your mouth pucker | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset pucker=Product |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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