Test 3 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…
Lowkey, what was the stepmother's big plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey · What happens: be · To what, where: big plan
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | Lowkey | Lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 plan | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 plan | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 plan | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 stepmother | det |
| 6 | stepmother | stepmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 plan | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 stepmother | case |
| 8 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plan | amod |
| 9 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lowkey | appos |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lowkey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Lowkey | the stepmother's big plan | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Rub the ointment on her daughter's tongue, so she will be mistaken for the real bride.
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ointment | det |
| 3 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rub | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 tongue | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 daughter | case |
| 8 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Rub | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mistaken | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 mistaken | advmod |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 mistaken | nsubj |
| 12 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 mistaken | aux |
| 13 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 14 mistaken | aux:pass |
| 14 | mistaken | mistake | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Rub | parataxis |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 bride | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 bride | det |
| 17 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 bride | amod |
| 18 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 mistaken | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Rub | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | imperative | you not said here | the ointment | her daughter's tongue | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme on tongue=Destination | |||
| 2 | mistake | future · passive | she | for the real bride | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Ointment on her daughter's tongue
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 tongue | case |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 4 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 daughter | case |
| 6 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ointment | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Marry her off to the prince.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marry | marry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Marry | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Marry | compound:prt |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 prince | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Marry | obl |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Marry | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry off | imperative | you not said here | her = she | to the prince | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient to prince=Co-Patient |
Option 4
Put the ointment on her daughter's tongue so the false bride can keep talking.
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ointment | det |
| 3 | ointment | ointment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 tongue | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tongue | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 daughter | case |
| 8 | tongue | tongue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 9 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 14 keep | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bride | det |
| 11 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bride | amod |
| 12 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 keep | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 keep | aux |
| 14 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Put | advcl |
| 15 | talking | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 keep | xcomp |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | the ointment | her daughter's tongue | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme on tongue=Destination | |||
| 2 | keep | can | the false bride | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | talk | gerund | the false bride not said here | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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