Test 3 · ★ · Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home an…
Wait, why wouldn't Flann chat to her?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait · To what, where: Flann chat
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1053 «Deirdre, Becfola's Wooing, part 21: Becfola sneaks home and the king turns her scolding into a joke» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 chat | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 chat | advmod |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 chat | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 chat | advmod |
| 6 | Flann | Flann | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 chat | compound |
| 7 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 chat | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | Flann chat to her | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 right answer
He had to win the kingship first, that's the deal
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 | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingship | det |
| 6 | kingship | kingship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 win | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 deal | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 deal | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 deal | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 deal | det |
| 12 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 had | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | He not said here | the kingship | first property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingship=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | is a | present | that | the deal | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Cos the king told him not to talk to women
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 told | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | iobj |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 talk | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 talk | mark |
| 8 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 women | case |
| 10 | women | woman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the king | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | the king not said here | to women | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to woman=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Cos he's got a wife waiting back home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 got | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wife | det |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 wife | acl |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 waiting | advmod |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 7 waiting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | he | a wife | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | wait back | gerund | a wife not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He had to win the kingship first, that's the deal, and the queen made him swear it on his brothers' graves
The tree, 23 words
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 | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 win | mark |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 kingship | det |
| 6 | kingship | kingship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obj |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 win | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 deal | punct |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 deal | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 deal | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 deal | det |
| 12 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 made | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 made | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 queen | det |
| 16 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 made | nsubj |
| 17 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 had | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 made | obj |
| 19 | swear | swear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 made | xcomp |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 swear | obj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 25 graves | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 23 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 25 graves | nmod:poss |
| 24 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 23 brothers | case |
| 25 | graves | grave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 swear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | He | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | win | to-infinitive | He not said here | the kingship | first property | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingship=Eventuality | |||
| 3 | is a | present | that | the deal | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | make | past | the queen | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | swear | infinitive | him = he not said here | kingship | his brothers's graves | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
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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