Test 1 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…
Yo, did the prince actually whack that dragon or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: prince
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1206 «Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas slays the dragon, the Simurgh spares him and the prince wins the king's trust» 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 prince | det |
| 5 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 whack | advmod |
| 7 | whack | whack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 dragon | det |
| 9 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 whack | appos |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | parataxis |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the prince | 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 · ✓ the right answer
He shot it in the eye then chopped its neck, proper wicked, innit
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shot | nsubj |
| 2 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shot | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 eye | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 eye | det |
| 6 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shot | obl |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 chopped | advmod |
| 8 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shot | advcl |
| 9 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 neck | nmod:poss |
| 10 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 chopped | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wicked | punct |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 wicked | amod |
| 13 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shot | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 innit | punct |
| 15 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 13 wicked | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past | He | it | the eye | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in eye=Destination | |||
| 2 | chop | past | He not said here | eye's neck | then | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent neck=Patient |
Option 2
He shot its wing then stabbed its back, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shot | nsubj |
| 2 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wing | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wing | wing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shot | obj |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 stabbed | advmod |
| 6 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shot | advcl |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 back | nmod:poss |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stabbed | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past | He | its wing | bruv obl | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Theme | |||
| 2 | stab | past | He not said here | wing's back | then | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Patient |
Option 3
He shot it in the chest then kicked it, innit, proper sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shot | nsubj |
| 2 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 shot | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chest | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chest | det |
| 6 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shot | obl |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 kicked | advmod |
| 8 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shot | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 kicked | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 innit | punct |
| 11 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 shot | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sick | punct |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sick | amod |
| 14 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shot | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past | He | it | the chest | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme in chest=Destination | |||
| 2 | kick | past | He not said here | chest | then | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 3 | innit | infinitive | He not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, he shot it, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shot | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shot | nsubj |
| 4 | shot | shoot | 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 shot | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shot | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past | he | it | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | he not said here | tree rules |
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