Test 5 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Wali Dâd, part 58: gifts pile up, the o…
Did the king reckon the presents meant the man fancied his girl?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, presents, man · What happens: reckon, mean, fancy · To what, where: girl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckon | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reckon | nsubj |
| 4 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 presents | det |
| 6 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 meant | nsubj |
| 7 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckon | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 man | det |
| 9 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fancied | nsubj |
| 10 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 meant | ccomp |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 girl | nmod:poss |
| 12 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 fancied | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past · do-support | the king | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | mean | past | the presents | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fancy | past | the man | man's girl | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus |
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, he reckoned the man wanted to marry her and take her to his kingdom far away
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 marry | mark |
| 9 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 marry | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 take | cc |
| 12 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 marry | conj |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 take | obj |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 kingdom | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 16 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 take | obl |
| 17 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 18 away | advmod |
| 18 | away | away | ADV | _ | 12 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | he | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | want | past | the man | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the man not said here | her = she | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 4 | take | infinitive | the man not said here | her = she | man's kingdom | away property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to kingdom=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to marry her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 marry | mark |
| 9 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 marry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | he | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | want | past | the man | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the man not said here | her = she | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to hire her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hire | mark |
| 9 | hire | hire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hire | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | he | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | want | past | the man | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | hire not said to happen | to-infinitive | the man not said here | her = she | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he reckoned the man wanted to marry her, so he sent for the wedding priests
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 reckoned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 reckoned | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 reckoned | nsubj |
| 4 | reckoned | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wanted | nsubj |
| 7 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 marry | mark |
| 9 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wanted | xcomp |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 marry | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 sent | punct |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 sent | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 sent | nsubj |
| 14 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 reckoned | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 priests | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 priests | det |
| 17 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 priests | compound |
| 18 | priests | priest | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past | he | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | want | past | the man | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the man not said here | her = she | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 4 | send | past | man | for the wedding priests | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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