Test 8 · ★ · Persian Tales, Prince Almas and the Simurgh, part 7: Almas…
Who did the prince make mates with in the city?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: do, make · To what, where: mates
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | nsubj |
| 5 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | ccomp |
| 6 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 make | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 city | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 city | det |
| 10 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 make | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | make | present | the prince | mates | with the city | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mate=Product |
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
A young spice-seller, a proper good bloke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 seller | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 seller | amod |
| 3 | spice | spice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seller | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 spice | punct |
| 5 | seller | seller | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bloke | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bloke | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bloke | amod |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bloke | amod |
| 10 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 seller | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The son of the king's cook, a clever lad who knew all the riddles, mate
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 son | det |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 cook | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cook | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 king | case |
| 7 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 son | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lad | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 lad | det |
| 10 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lad | amod |
| 11 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 son | appos |
| 12 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 knew | nsubj |
| 13 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 lad | acl:relcl |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 riddles | det:predet |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 riddles | det |
| 16 | riddles | riddle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 knew | obj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mate | punct |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 son | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | past | a clever lad | all riddles | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer riddle=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A young cloth-merchant, a proper good bloke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 merchant | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 merchant | amod |
| 3 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 merchant | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 cloth | punct |
| 5 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bloke | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bloke | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bloke | amod |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 bloke | amod |
| 10 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 merchant | appos |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
An old scholar, a decent sort, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 scholar | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 scholar | amod |
| 3 | scholar | scholar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sort | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sort | det |
| 6 | decent | decent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sort | amod |
| 7 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scholar | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 innit | punct |
| 9 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 scholar | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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