Test 11 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two p…
what's the moral of the Riquet bit, then
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: moral · What happens: be
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1086 «Perrault's Tales, Riquet with the Tuft, part 11: the two princesses and Riquet's bargain» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 moral | det |
| 4 | moral | moral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 bit | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bit | det |
| 7 | Riquet | Riquet | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bit | compound |
| 8 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 moral | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 what | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the moral of the Riquet bit | then | 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
wit isn't all, and beauty's the thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 all | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 all | advmod |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 wit | det |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 thing | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 thing | cc |
| 7 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 thing | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 thing | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 thing | det |
| 10 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | beauty | the thing | tree rules |
Option 2
wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, so mind your manners
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 everything | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 everything | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 everything | advmod |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 folk | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 folk | cc |
| 7 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 folk | amod |
| 8 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 everything | appos |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 know | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 know | advmod |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 folk | acl:relcl |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 clever | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 clever | cop |
| 15 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 know | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mind | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 mind | advmod |
| 18 | mind | mind | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 everything | parataxis |
| 19 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 manners | nmod:poss |
| 20 | manners | manners | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 18 mind | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | wit | everything | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | clever folk not said here | often property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | they | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | mind | infinitive | your manners | vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent manners=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 everything | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 everything | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 everything | advmod |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 know | cc |
| 7 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 folk | amod |
| 8 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 know | nsubj |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 know | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 know | advmod |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 everything | acl:relcl |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 clever | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 clever | cop |
| 15 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | wit | everything | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | clever folk | often property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | they | clever property | tree rules |
Option 4
wit isn't everything, and clever folk often don't know they're clever, and beauty fades anyway
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wit | wit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 everything | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 everything | cop |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 everything | advmod |
| 4 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 folk | punct |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 folk | cc |
| 7 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 folk | amod |
| 8 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 everything | appos |
| 9 | often | often | ADV | _ | 12 know | advmod |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 know | advmod |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 folk | acl:relcl |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 clever | nsubj |
| 14 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 clever | cop |
| 15 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 know | ccomp |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 fades | punct |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 fades | cc |
| 18 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 fades | nsubj |
| 19 | fades | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 everything | acl:relcl |
| 20 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 19 fades | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | wit | everything | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not know | present · do-support | clever folk not said here | often property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | is | present | they | clever property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fade | present | beauty | anyway property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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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