Test 7 · ★ · pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed an…
helga's sisters were jealous, right? what did they do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sisters · What happens: be, do
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1221 «pg3282, Geirald and Rosald: Geirald hides under his bed and Rosald wins the queen» 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 | helga | helga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 sisters | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 helga | case |
| 3 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 jealous | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 jealous | cop |
| 5 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 jealous | punct |
| 7 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 5 jealous | discourse |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 jealous | punct |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 12 do | obj |
| 10 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 do | aux |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 do | nsubj |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 jealous | ccomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 jealous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | helga's sisters | jealous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | past · do-support | sisters = sister | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
they tried to ruin the wedding by lying to the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 ruin | mark |
| 4 | ruin | ruin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tried | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 wedding | det |
| 6 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ruin | obj |
| 7 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 8 lying | mark |
| 8 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 ruin | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | they | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | ruin not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | the wedding | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wedding=Patient | ||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | they not said here | to the king | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
they sent a letter to the king accusing Helga of treachery
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 letter | det |
| 4 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 king | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obl |
| 8 | accusing | accuse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 sent | advcl |
| 9 | Helga | Helga | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 accusing | obj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 treachery | case |
| 11 | treachery | treachery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 Helga | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | they | a letter | the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent letter=Theme to king=Destination | |||
| 2 | accuse | gerund | they not said here | Helga of treachery | vn suspect-81 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent helga=Theme |
Option 3
they spread false rumours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 spread | nsubj |
| 2 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rumours | amod |
| 4 | rumours | rumour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | they | false rumours | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location rumour=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
they were secretly pleased
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pleased | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pleased | cop |
| 3 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 4 pleased | advmod |
| 4 | pleased | pleased | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | pleased, secretly property | tree rules |
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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