Test 2 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o…
Bruv, what did the king reckon his daughter should send back?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, daughter · What happens: reckon, send back
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1257 «Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the old man tries to drown himself, and two Peris appear» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 reckon | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 reckon | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reckon | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reckon | nsubj |
| 7 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 9 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 send | nsubj |
| 10 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 send | aux |
| 11 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 reckon | ccomp |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 send | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past · do-support | the king | Bruv vocative | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send back | should | king's daughter | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: 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 · ← Mova's choice
a present so mint nobody sends more, plus a big letter of thanks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 present | det |
| 2 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sends | nsubj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 sends | advmod |
| 4 | mint | mint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nobody | amod |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 sends | nsubj |
| 6 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 sends | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 letter | punct |
| 9 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 12 letter | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 letter | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 letter | amod |
| 12 | letter | letter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sends | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 thanks | case |
| 14 | thanks | thanks | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 letter | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | a present | more | a big letter of thanks obl | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | |||
| 2 | letter | thanks | nom letter «communication transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a present so mint nobody sends more
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 present | det |
| 2 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sends | nsubj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 sends | advmod |
| 4 | mint | mint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nobody | amod |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 sends | nsubj |
| 6 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 sends | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | a present | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
a present so mint nobody sends more, wrapped in gold and silk for the prince
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 present | det |
| 2 | present | present | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sends | nsubj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 sends | advmod |
| 4 | mint | mint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 nobody | amod |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 sends | nsubj |
| 6 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 sends | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 wrapped | punct |
| 9 | wrapped | wrap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 sends | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 gold | case |
| 11 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wrapped | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 silk | cc |
| 13 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gold | conj |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 prince | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 prince | det |
| 16 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wrapped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | a present | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | wrap | participle | a present not said here | gold and silk | for the prince | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme in gold=Destination |
Option 4
a jewel so grand the king sends silk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 jewel | det |
| 2 | jewel | jewel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sends | nsubj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 sends | advmod |
| 4 | grand | grand | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sends | obl |
| 7 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sends | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | present | a jewel | silk | grand the king | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent silk=Theme |
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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