Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the siste…
Did the king give up his land to the other people?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: give up · To what, where: land, other people
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1178 «Fairy Book, The Frog and the Lion Fairy, part 1: the sisters free their husbands, and the queen's chariot crashes» 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=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 king | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 give | compound:prt |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 land | nmod:poss |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 people | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 people | amod |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 give | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | present | the king | king's land | the other people | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent land=Theme to people=Recipient |
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
Nah, he just wanted to be left alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 left | mark |
| 7 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 left | aux:pass |
| 8 | left | leave | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 9 | alone | alone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 left | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | he not said here | alone property | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V» |
Option 2
Yeah, he handed over the whole kingdom to them after the defeat and went to live in peace
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 handed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 handed | nsubj |
| 4 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 kingdom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kingdom | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kingdom | amod |
| 8 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 handed | obl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kingdom | nmod |
| 11 | after | after | ADP | _ | 13 defeat | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 defeat | det |
| 13 | defeat | defeat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 handed | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 went | cc |
| 15 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 handed | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 live | mark |
| 17 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 went | xcomp |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 peace | case |
| 19 | peace | peace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand | past | he | the whole kingdom to them | after the defeat | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | go | past | he not said here | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | live | to-infinitive | he not said here | peace | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in peace=Location |
Option 3
Nah, he kept it all for himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 it | det |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 himself | case |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | it | for himself = he | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he refused to give anything up and kept on fighting the neighbours until the end of time
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 refused | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 refused | nsubj |
| 4 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 give | mark |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 refused | xcomp |
| 7 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 give | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 give | compound:prt |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 kept | cc |
| 10 | kept | keep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 refused | conj |
| 11 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 12 fighting | mark |
| 12 | fighting | fight | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 kept | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 neighbours | det |
| 14 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 fighting | obj |
| 15 | until | until | ADP | _ | 17 end | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 end | det |
| 17 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 fighting | obl |
| 18 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 time | case |
| 19 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 end | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | he | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not give up | to-infinitive | he not said here | anything | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Source | ||||
| 3 | keep | participle | he not said here | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | fight | gerund | he not said here | the neighbours | until the end of time | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neighbour=Co-Agent |
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