Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wit…
Was the gnome actually nice to her, though?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: gnome
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1251 «Fairy Tales, The Turnip Princess, part 52: the maidens wither, and the gnome's fresh turnips go missing» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 gnome | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gnome | det |
| 3 | gnome | gnome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nice | csubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 nice | advmod |
| 5 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nice | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 though | punct |
| 9 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 5 nice | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 nice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the gnome | 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
Yeah, he was dead keen on her and tried loads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 keen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keen | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 keen | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keen | amod |
| 6 | keen | keen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tried | nsubj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keen | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 keen | cc |
| 10 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tried | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | dead keen | on keen | tree rules | |||
| 2 | try | past | dead keen | loads | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yeah, he was dead keen on her and tried loads, but the turnips failed him in the end, mate
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 tried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 keen | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keen | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 keen | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keen | amod |
| 6 | keen | keen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | appos |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keen | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tried | cc |
| 10 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tried | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 failed | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 16 failed | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 turnips | det |
| 15 | turnips | turnip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 failed | nsubj |
| 16 | failed | fail | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 tried | conj |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 failed | obj |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 end | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 end | det |
| 20 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 failed | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 mate | punct |
| 22 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 end | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | dead keen | on her = she | tree rules | |||
| 2 | try | past | loads | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | fail | past | the turnips | him = he | in the end and mate | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality |
Option 3
Yeah, he was dead keen on her and tried loads, and then he gave up, mate
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 keen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keen | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 keen | cop |
| 5 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keen | amod |
| 6 | keen | keen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tried | nsubj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 keen | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tried | cc |
| 10 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 tried | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 gave | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 gave | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 gave | advmod |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 gave | nsubj |
| 16 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 tried | conj |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 gave | compound:prt |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 mate | punct |
| 19 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 gave | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | dead keen | on keen | tree rules | |||
| 2 | try | past | dead keen | loads | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | give up | past | he | then | mate vocative | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nah, he was cold and just wanted the land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 cold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cold | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | cop |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 wanted | cc |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 wanted | advmod |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cold | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 land | det |
| 10 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | cold property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | he not said here | the land | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
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