Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king'…
wait, the sons were ashamed Jack was a poor boy??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, sons · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: poor boy
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1168 «Fairy Book, The Rover of the Plain, part 34: a proud king's magic is ruined, and a bride asks for a buffalo» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 boy | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sons | det |
| 4 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 boy | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 ashamed | cop |
| 6 | ashamed | ashamed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 Jack | amod |
| 7 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sons | nmod |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 boy | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 boy | det |
| 10 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 boy | amod |
| 11 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | advcl |
| 12 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | ashamed property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | the sons ashamed Jack | a poor boy | 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
nah, they were proud of it and told everyone the story, the old farm, the cornet, all of it
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 proud | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 proud | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 proud | cop |
| 5 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 proud | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 told | cc |
| 9 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 proud | conj |
| 10 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 told | obj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 story | det |
| 12 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 told | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 farm | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 farm | det |
| 15 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 farm | amod |
| 16 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 story | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 cornet | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 cornet | det |
| 19 | cornet | cornet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 farm | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 all | punct |
| 21 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 proud | conj |
| 22 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 it | case |
| 23 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 all | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | of it; proud property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | they not said here | the story | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient story=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they acted like it was cringe, so petty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 acted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 acted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 acted | nsubj |
| 4 | acted | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 cringe | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cringe | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cringe | cop |
| 8 | cringe | cringe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 acted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 petty | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 petty | advmod |
| 11 | petty | petty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 acted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past | they | petty | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | it | like cringe | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, they acted like it was cringe, so petty, even though he built the whole family's fortune
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 acted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 acted | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 acted | nsubj |
| 4 | acted | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 cringe | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cringe | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cringe | cop |
| 8 | cringe | cringe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 acted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 petty | punct |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 petty | advmod |
| 11 | petty | petty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cringe | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 built | punct |
| 13 | even | even | ADV | _ | 16 built | advmod |
| 14 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 16 built | mark |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 built | nsubj |
| 16 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 acted | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 family | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 family | amod |
| 19 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 family | case |
| 21 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 built | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past | they | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | it | like cringe and petty | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | build | past | he | the whole family's fortune | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fortune=Product |
Option 4
nah, they laughed about it, kinda mean
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughed | nsubj |
| 4 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 mean | csubj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 laughed | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mean | punct |
| 8 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 9 mean | advmod |
| 9 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | they | about it | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | mean | imperative | you not said here | kinda property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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