Test 10 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…
the King said he's not a merchant, what's he then?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: King, merchant · What happens: say, not be, be · To what, where: merchant · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 115 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King sees a portrait, falls in love, and sails off with its princess» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 merchant | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 merchant | cop |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 merchant | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 merchant | det |
| 8 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 's | punct |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 's | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 merchant | parataxis |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 's | nsubj |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 's | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the King | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not is a | present | King | a merchant | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | present | a merchant | then | 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
a lord from the north
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 lord | det |
| 2 | lord | lord | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 north | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 north | det |
| 5 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lord | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a king, the same birth as her, and he really loves her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 birth | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 birth | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 birth | amod |
| 6 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 king | conj |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 birth | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 loves | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 loves | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 loves | nsubj |
| 12 | really | really | ADV | _ | 13 loves | advmod |
| 13 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 king | acl:relcl |
| 14 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | he | her = she | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a king, same as her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 same | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 same | punct |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 her | case |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 same | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a steward, same as John
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 steward | det |
| 2 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 same | punct |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 steward | conj |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 John | case |
| 6 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 steward | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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