Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and t…
Mate, why'd the king not do the baby in?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: not do in · To what, where: Mate
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1253 «Indian Fairy Tales, Puruna, part 54: the king's hunt and the hermit's prophecy» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 do | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 6 king | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | nsubj |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 do | advmod |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 baby | det |
| 10 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 do | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 do | compound:prt |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not do in | infinitive | the king | Mate | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=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
feared the gods would punish him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gods | det |
| 3 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 punish | nsubj |
| 4 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 punish | aux |
| 5 | punish | punish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 feared | ccomp |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 punish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | punish | would | the gods | him = he | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2
couldn't hurt it, reckoned the wolves would find it and eat it up
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 hurt | advmod |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hurt | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 reckoned | punct |
| 6 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 wolves | det |
| 8 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 find | nsubj |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 find | aux |
| 10 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 reckoned | ccomp |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 find | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 eat | cc |
| 13 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hurt | conj |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 eat | obj |
| 15 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 eat | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | could | it | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | reckon | past | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | find | would | the wolves | it | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 4 | eat up | infinitive | it | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
couldn't hurt it, reckoned it'd die alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 hurt | advmod |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hurt | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 reckoned | punct |
| 6 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hurt | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 die | nsubj |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 die | aux |
| 9 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hurt | parataxis |
| 10 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 9 die | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not hurt | could | it | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | reckon | past | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | die | would | it | alone property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
didn't fancy it, thought it'd be fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fancy | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 fancy | advmod |
| 3 | fancy | fancy | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fancy | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 thought | punct |
| 6 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 fancy | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fine | expl |
| 8 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 fine | aux |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 fine | cop |
| 10 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not fancy | past · do-support | it | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | would | fine 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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