Test 7 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds…
so the crowns came from the lord, like random free money?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crowns · What happens: come
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1088 «Perrault's Tales, Little Thumb, part 13: lost again, birds eat the bread, a storm in the night» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 came | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crowns | det |
| 3 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 came | nsubj |
| 4 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 lord | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lord | det |
| 7 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 money | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 money | case |
| 10 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 money | amod |
| 11 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 money | amod |
| 12 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 came | parataxis |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 came | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | the crowns | from the lord | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from lord=Initial_Location |
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
yeah he owed them money a while back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 owed | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 owed | nsubj |
| 3 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 owed | obj |
| 5 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 owed | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 while | det |
| 7 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 owed | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 owed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | past | he | them = they | while | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent they=Goal money=Theme |
Option 2
yeah the lord paid up after a while
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 lord | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lord | det |
| 3 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 lord | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 paid | compound:prt |
| 6 | after | after | ADP | _ | 8 while | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 while | det |
| 8 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay up | participle | the lord not said here | while | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
yeah the lord of the manor owed the family money for years and finally paid up
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 lord | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lord | det |
| 3 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 owed | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 manor | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 manor | det |
| 6 | manor | manor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lord | nmod |
| 7 | owed | owe | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 money | det |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 money | compound |
| 10 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 owed | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 years | case |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 owed | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 paid | cc |
| 14 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 15 paid | advmod |
| 15 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 owed | conj |
| 16 | up | up | ADP | _ | 15 paid | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | owe | past | the lord of the manor | the family money | year | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme | |||
| 2 | pay up | participle | the lord of the manor not said here | finally property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah they came from the lord because he had owed the faggot-maker money for a long time
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 came | discourse |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 came | nsubj |
| 3 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 lord | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lord | det |
| 6 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 came | obl |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 owed | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 owed | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 owed | aux |
| 10 | owed | owe | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 3 came | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 money | det |
| 12 | faggot | faggot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 maker | compound |
| 13 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 12 faggot | punct |
| 14 | maker | maker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 money | compound |
| 15 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 owed | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 time | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 time | det |
| 18 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 time | amod |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 owed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past | they | from the lord | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from lord=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | owe | past · perfect | he | the maker money | time | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
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