Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds an…
How did they prove the prince was the real deal?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, prince · What happens: prove, be · To what, where: real deal
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1230 «Fairy Book, The Red Knight: the prince proves his deeds and the wicked knight is hanged» 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 prove | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 prove | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 prove | nsubj |
| 4 | prove | prove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 deal | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 deal | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 deal | det |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 deal | amod |
| 10 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 prove | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 prove | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | past · do-support | they | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the prince | the real deal | 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
Their gold ring halves fit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 halves | nmod:poss |
| 2 | gold | gold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 halves | amod |
| 3 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 halves | compound |
| 4 | halves | half | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fit | nsubj |
| 5 | fit | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | Their gold ring halves | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
He did a dance
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 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 dance | det |
| 4 | dance | dance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | He | a dance | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dance=Eventuality |
Option 3
The mermaid vouched for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 mermaid | det |
| 2 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 vouched | nsubj |
| 3 | vouched | vouch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 vouched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vouch | past | the mermaid | for him = he | tree rules |
Option 4
He showed a magic sword
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 showed | nsubj |
| 2 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 4 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sword | amod |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 showed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past | He | a magic sword | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sword=Recipient |
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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