Test 6 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56…
Did the princess nick the letter off the sleeping bloke?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: nick, sleep · To what, where: letter, sleeping bloke
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1255 «Tales of the Punjab, Nur Mahomed and the Princess, part 56: the princess swaps a letter and a wedding is ordered» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 nick | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princess | det |
| 3 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nick | nsubj |
| 4 | nick | nick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 letter | det |
| 6 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 nick | obj |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 bloke | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bloke | det |
| 9 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 bloke | amod |
| 10 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 letter | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 nick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past · do-support | the princess | the letter | the sleeping bloke | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent letter=Theme off bloke=Source | |||
| 2 | sleep | gerund | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
Yeah, she carefully unwound his whole turban and took the packet out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 unwound | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 unwound | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 unwound | nsubj |
| 4 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 5 unwound | advmod |
| 5 | unwound | unwind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 turban | nmod:poss |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 turban | amod |
| 8 | turban | turban | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 unwound | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 took | cc |
| 10 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 unwound | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 packet | det |
| 12 | packet | packet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | obj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 took | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | unwind | past | she | his whole turban | carefully property | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent turban=Patient | |||
| 2 | take out | past | she not said here | the packet | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent packet=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she pulled it out of his turban
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 pulled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pulled | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pulled | nsubj |
| 4 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pulled | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 turban | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 turban | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 turban | nmod:poss |
| 9 | turban | turban | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | she | it | his turban | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme out turban=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she waited until he woke and then asked him politely for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 waited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 woke | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 woke | nsubj |
| 7 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 asked | cc |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 asked | advmod |
| 10 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 asked | iobj |
| 12 | politely | politely | ADV | _ | 10 asked | advmod |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 asked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | she | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wake | past | he | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | past | she not said here | him = he | then | for it; politely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 4
Yeah, she slid it from his sleeve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 slid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 slid | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slid | nsubj |
| 4 | slid | slide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 slid | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 sleeve | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 sleeve | nmod:poss |
| 8 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 slid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | slide | past | she | it | his sleeve | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme from sleeve=Trajectory |
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