Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the he…
Wait, the fox sold the fish, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, fox · What happens: wait, sell · To what, where: fish
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1242 «Fairy Tales (pg3282), The Prince and the Crocodile: the herb saves the prince from the crocodile» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sold | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fox | det |
| 4 | fox | fox | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | nsubj |
| 5 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fish | det |
| 7 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sold | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sold | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 Wait | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sell | past | the fox | the fish | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he sold all of the fish to the village merchant for a lot of silver coins
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sold | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sold | nsubj |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 sold | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fish | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fish | det |
| 8 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 all | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 merchant | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 merchant | det |
| 11 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 merchant | compound |
| 12 | merchant | merchant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sold | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 lot | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 lot | det |
| 15 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sold | obl |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 coins | case |
| 17 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 coins | compound |
| 18 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 lot | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | he | all | the village merchant | for a lot of silver coins | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent all=Theme to merchant=Recipient for lot=Asset |
Option 2
Nah, he took one fish and ran off into the woods while the bear was still busy with the ice
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 fish | nummod |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 ran | compound:prt |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 woods | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 woods | det |
| 12 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ran | obl |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 18 busy | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bear | det |
| 15 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 busy | nsubj |
| 16 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 busy | cop |
| 17 | still | still | ADV | _ | 18 busy | advmod |
| 18 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 ran | advcl |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 21 ice | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 ice | det |
| 21 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 busy | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | one fish | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument fish=Destination | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | into the woods result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into wood=Result | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the bear | still | with the ice; busy property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, he sold them at the market
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sold | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sold | nsubj |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sold | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 market | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 market | det |
| 8 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | he | them = they | the market | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent they=Theme at market=Asset |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he took one fish and ran off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 fish | nummod |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ran | cc |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | one fish | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument fish=Destination | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | he not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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