Test 12 · ★ · Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the h…
What did the turtle leader do to his girl when they got back?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: turtle leader, they · What happens: do, get back
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1218 «Indian Folk Tales, The Turtle and His Bride, part 1: the hare brings fire home, the turtle goes to war for his bride» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 do | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 leader | det |
| 4 | turtle | turtle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 leader | compound |
| 5 | leader | leader | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 girl | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 girl | nmod:poss |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | obl |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 got | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | nsubj |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | advcl |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 got | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | the turtle leader | to leader's girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | get back | past | they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Grabbed her and called her his wife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Grabbed | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 called | cc |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Grabbed | conj |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | obj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 wife | nmod:poss |
| 7 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | her = she | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||||
| 2 | call | past | her = she | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Grabbed her and said she was a prisoner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Grabbed | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 said | cc |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Grabbed | conj |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 prisoner | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 prisoner | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prisoner | det |
| 8 | prisoner | prisoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | her = she | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | she | a prisoner | tree rules |
Option 3
Took her hand and led her away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 hand | nmod:poss |
| 3 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Took | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 led | cc |
| 5 | led | lead | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Took | conj |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 led | obj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 led | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | her hand | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lead away | past | her = she | away property | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Pulled her out and told the whole village she was captured in war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pulled | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Pulled | compound:prt |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 told | cc |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Pulled | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 village | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 village | amod |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | obj |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 captured | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 captured | aux:pass |
| 11 | captured | capture | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 village | acl:relcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 war | case |
| 13 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 captured | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | past | her = she | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the whole village | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent village=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | capture | past · passive | she | war | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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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