Test 7 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch'…
Did the king reckon the goat was worth a lot?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, goat · What happens: reckon, be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1161 «Pink Fairy Book, Pinkel, part 27: Pinkel steals the witch's golden lantern and then her goat, while his jealous brothers plot against him» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckon | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckon | nsubj |
| 4 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 worth | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 goat | det |
| 6 | goat | goat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worth | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 worth | cop |
| 8 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 lot | det |
| 10 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 worth | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 worth | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past · do-support | the king | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the goat | worth property | 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'd give a third of his kingdom and his own daughter's hand in marriage for it
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 give | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 give | aux |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 third | det |
| 7 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 kingdom | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 10 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 third | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 hand | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 13 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 daughter | amod |
| 14 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 hand | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 daughter | case |
| 16 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 third | conj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 marriage | case |
| 18 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 it | case |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | would | he | a third of his kingdom and his own daughter's hand | marriage | for marriage | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent third=Theme for it=Asset |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he'd give a third of his kingdom for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 give | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 give | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 give | aux |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 third | det |
| 7 | third | third | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 kingdom | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 10 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 third | nmod |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | would | he | a third of his kingdom | for kingdom | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent third=Theme for it=Asset |
Option 3
Nah, he'd only pay a few silver coins for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 pay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pay | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pay | aux |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 pay | advmod |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 coins | det |
| 8 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 coins | amod |
| 9 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 coins | compound |
| 10 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pay | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 it | case |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | would | he | a few silver coins | for it | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent coin=Asset for it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he'd hand over his best horse for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 hand | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hand | nsubj |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 hand | aux |
| 5 | hand | hand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 hand | compound:prt |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 horse | nmod:poss |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 horse | amod |
| 9 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hand | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand over | would | he | his best horse | for horse | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme |
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