Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three ma…
Was the king a proper sus geezer or what?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: king
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1167 «Fairy Tales, Jack and the Magic Table: Jack takes three magic gifts, tricks his way to the top, and wins the king's daughter» 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 | 3 king | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 geezer | csubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 geezer | det |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 geezer | amod |
| 6 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 geezer | compound |
| 7 | geezer | geezer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 what | cc |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 geezer | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 geezer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the king | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he copied the table and lied.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 copied | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 copied | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 copied | nsubj |
| 4 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 table | det |
| 6 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copied | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lied | cc |
| 8 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 copied | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 copied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | past | he | the table | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lie | past | he not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he was actually a kind king who gave Jack everything he asked.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 king | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 king | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 king | cop |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 king | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 7 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 king | amod |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 gave | nsubj |
| 10 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 king | acl:relcl |
| 11 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 gave | iobj |
| 12 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 gave | obj |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 asked | nsubj |
| 14 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 everything | acl:relcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 king | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a kind king | actually property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | give | past | a kind king | everything | Jack | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent jack=Recipient everything=Theme | |||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | Jack | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he copied the table, lied to Jack, and tried to hide it.
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 copied | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 copied | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 copied | nsubj |
| 4 | copied | copy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 table | det |
| 6 | table | table | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 copied | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 lied | punct |
| 8 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 copied | conj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 Jack | case |
| 10 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 lied | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 tried | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 tried | cc |
| 13 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 copied | conj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 hide | mark |
| 15 | hide | hide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 tried | xcomp |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hide | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 copied | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | copy | past | he | the table | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent table=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lie | past | he not said here | Jack | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | try | past | he not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | hide not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | table | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, he stole the bag and lied.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stole | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stole | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stole | nsubj |
| 4 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bag | det |
| 6 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stole | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 lied | cc |
| 8 | lied | lie | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stole | conj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 stole | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | he | the bag | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bag=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lie | past | he not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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