Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins r…
Peng, the king wanted to wed who?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Peng · What happens: want, wed
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1188 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Bird of Truth, part 54: the twins run off, reach a shut hut, and overhear swallows talking about a queen and a crystal cradle» 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 | Peng | Peng | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Peng | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 wed | mark |
| 7 | wed | wed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 wed | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Peng | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wed not said to happen | to-infinitive | Peng not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent who=Patient |
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 · ✓ the right answer
a tailor's youngest daughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 tailor | det |
| 2 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 tailor | case |
| 4 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 daughter | amod |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
a weaver's eldest daughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 weaver | det |
| 2 | weaver | weaver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 weaver | case |
| 4 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 daughter | amod |
| 5 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
a kind maid from the palace kitchens who sewed silk gowns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 maid | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 maid | amod |
| 3 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 kitchens | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kitchens | det |
| 6 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kitchens | compound |
| 7 | kitchens | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 maid | nmod |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 sewed | nsubj |
| 9 | sewed | sew | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 kitchens | acl:relcl |
| 10 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gowns | compound |
| 11 | gowns | gown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 sewed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sew | past | the palace kitchens | silk gowns | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gown=Product |
Option 4
the daughter of a poor tailor who lived in the village
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 daughter | det |
| 2 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tailor | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tailor | det |
| 5 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tailor | amod |
| 6 | tailor | tailor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 daughter | nmod |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 lived | nsubj |
| 8 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 tailor | acl:relcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 village | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 village | det |
| 11 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lived | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | past | a poor tailor | the village | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in village=Location |
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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