Test 12 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised…
Wasn't the Prince the one who asked where she lodged, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince, one, she · What happens: not be, ask, lodge · To what, where: one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | cop |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 one | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 one | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 asked | nsubj |
| 8 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 one | acl:relcl |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 lodged | advmod |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 lodged | nsubj |
| 11 | lodged | lodge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 asked | ccomp |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lodged | vocative |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | the Prince | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | past | the one | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | lodge | past | she | mate vocative | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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
Nah, he asked where she was going
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 asked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 going | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 going | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 going | aux |
| 8 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 asked | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | he | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | past · progressive | she | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, in the dark alley in the farm's third yard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 alley | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 alley | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 alley | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 alley | det |
| 5 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 alley | amod |
| 6 | alley | alley | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 yard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 farm | det |
| 9 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 yard | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 farm | case |
| 11 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 yard | amod |
| 12 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alley | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yeah, in the dark alley in the farm's third yard, behind the pigs
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 alley | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 alley | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 alley | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 alley | det |
| 5 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 alley | amod |
| 6 | alley | alley | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 yard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 farm | det |
| 9 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 yard | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 farm | case |
| 11 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 yard | amod |
| 12 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 alley | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 pigs | punct |
| 14 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 16 pigs | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 pigs | det |
| 16 | pigs | pig | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 alley | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yeah, in the stable by the gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stable | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stable | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 stable | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stable | det |
| 5 | stable | stable | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gate | det |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stable | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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