Test 4 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…
Did the bird give him a city and stuff for free?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bird · What happens: give · To what, where: city, him
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 give | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | nsubj |
| 4 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 give | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 city | det |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 give | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stuff | cc |
| 9 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 city | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 free | case |
| 11 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 stuff | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · do-support | the bird | a city and stuff for free | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient city=Theme |
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
Yeah, a castle and some gold, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 castle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 castle | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 castle | det |
| 4 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gold | cc |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 gold | det |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 castle | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 castle | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a whole city, the Caucasus and everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 city | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 city | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 city | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 city | amod |
| 5 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 Caucasus | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Caucasus | det |
| 8 | Caucasus | Caucasus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 city | appos |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 everything | cc |
| 10 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 city | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he had to pay for it with three feathers and a diamond, mate, and a horse
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 pay | mark |
| 6 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 pay | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 feathers | case |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 feathers | nummod |
| 11 | feathers | feather | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 pay | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 diamond | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 diamond | det |
| 14 | diamond | diamond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 feathers | conj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mate | punct |
| 16 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 diamond | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 horse | punct |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 horse | cc |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 horse | det |
| 20 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | he | a horse | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | a horse not said here | for it; with three feathers and a diamond and mate | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, a whole city, a load of gold, and the Caucasus mountains too, proper generous
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 city | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 city | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 city | det |
| 4 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 city | amod |
| 5 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 load | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 load | det |
| 8 | load | load | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 city | appos |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 gold | case |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 load | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mountains | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 mountains | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 mountains | det |
| 14 | Caucasus | Caucasus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 mountains | compound |
| 15 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 city | conj |
| 16 | too | too | ADV | _ | 15 mountains | advmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 generous | punct |
| 18 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 generous | amod |
| 19 | generous | generous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 city | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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