Test 11 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…
Bestie, why did the prince leave on his trip?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: leave, trip · To what, where: trip
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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 | Bestie | Bestie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bestie | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 leave | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 leave | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | nsubj |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 trip | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 trip | nmod:poss |
| 10 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 leave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past · do-support | the prince | prince's trip | Bestie vocative | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on trip=Location | |||
| 2 | trip | prince | nom trip «act transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer
A big ceremony in a far city
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ceremony | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ceremony | amod |
| 3 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 city | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 city | det |
| 6 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 city | amod |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ceremony | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A state ceremony that his father demanded, held in a far city across the sea.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ceremony | det |
| 2 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ceremony | compound |
| 3 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 demanded | obj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 father | nmod:poss |
| 6 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 demanded | nsubj |
| 7 | demanded | demand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ceremony | acl:relcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 held | punct |
| 9 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 ceremony | acl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 city | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 city | det |
| 12 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 city | amod |
| 13 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 held | obl |
| 14 | across | across | ADP | _ | 16 sea | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sea | det |
| 16 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 city | nmod |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ceremony | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | demand speech: request | past | his father | a state ceremony | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme that=Precondition | ||||
| 2 | hold | participle | a state ceremony not said here | a far city across the sea | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Location |
Option 3
An urgent errand for the king.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 errand | det |
| 2 | urgent | urgent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 errand | amod |
| 3 | errand | errand | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 errand | nmod |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 errand | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
He must attend a big royal ceremony that lasts many days in a distant city.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 attend | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 attend | aux |
| 3 | attend | attend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ceremony | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ceremony | amod |
| 6 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 ceremony | amod |
| 7 | ceremony | ceremony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 attend | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lasts | nsubj |
| 9 | lasts | last | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 ceremony | acl:relcl |
| 10 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 days | amod |
| 11 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lasts | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 city | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 city | det |
| 14 | distant | distant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 city | amod |
| 15 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lasts | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 attend | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | attend | must | He | a big royal ceremony | vn attend-107.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ceremony=Goal | ||||
| 2 | last | present | a big royal ceremony | a distant city | day | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme |
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