Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Faithful John, part 18: the King…
wasn't John meant to be a proper loyal dude?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: John · What happens: not be, be · To what, where: proper loyal dude
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 meant | cop |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 meant | advmod |
| 3 | John | John | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 meant | nsubj |
| 4 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 dude | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 dude | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 dude | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dude | amod |
| 9 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 dude | amod |
| 10 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 meant | advcl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 meant | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | John | mean property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | to-infinitive | John not said here | a proper loyal dude | 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
yeah, he's loyal to the King, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 loyal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 loyal | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 loyal | cop |
| 5 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 King | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 loyal | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loyal | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | to the King; loyal property | tree rules |
Option 2
nah, he was meant to be loyal but he really went against the King and his father, sadly
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 meant | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 meant | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 meant | aux:pass |
| 5 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 loyal | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 loyal | cop |
| 8 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 meant | xcomp |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 went | cc |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 went | nsubj |
| 11 | really | really | ADV | _ | 12 went | advmod |
| 12 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 meant | conj |
| 13 | against | against | ADP | _ | 15 King | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 went | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 father | cc |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 father | nmod:poss |
| 18 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 King | conj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 sadly | punct |
| 20 | sadly | sadly | ADV | _ | 5 meant | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past · passive | he | sadly property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | loyal property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | past | he | against the King and his father | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme against king=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he's the faithful one, legend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | faithful | faithful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 legend | punct |
| 9 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | the faithful one and legend | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he swore an oath to the old King and stuck to it through everything, proper loyal
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 swore | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swore | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 swore | nsubj |
| 4 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 oath | det |
| 6 | oath | oath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swore | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 King | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 King | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 King | amod |
| 10 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 swore | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 stuck | cc |
| 12 | stuck | stick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 swore | conj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 stuck | obl |
| 15 | through | through | ADP | _ | 16 everything | case |
| 16 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 stuck | obl |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swore | punct |
| 18 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 loyal | amod |
| 19 | loyal | loyal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swore | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past | he | a oath | to the old King | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | stick | past | he not said here | oath | everything | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through everything=Destination |
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