Test 1 · ★ · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

yo so the fish like actually talked to the cobbler, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo · What happens: talk

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 talked	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 fish	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yo	nmod
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 talked	mark
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 talked	advmod
7	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 cobbler	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cobbler	det
10	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 talked	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 right	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	7 talked	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 talked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	yo so the fish					to the cobbler; actually property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to cobbler=Co-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

yeah, but only after the cobbler had been fishing all day long in the cold river

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 fishing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fishing	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 fishing	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 cobbler	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 cobbler	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cobbler	det
7	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fishing	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 fishing	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 fishing	aux
10	fishing	fish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 day	det
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fishing	obl:unmarked
13	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 fishing	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	17 river	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
16	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 river	amod
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fishing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fish	past · perfect · progressive	the cobbler			the cold river	day	long property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent in river=Location

Option 2

yep, the fish talked in a deep voice and then sang a song to the cobbler

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 talked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talked	nsubj
5	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 voice	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 voice	det
8	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 voice	amod
9	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 talked	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 sang	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sang	advmod
12	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 talked	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 song	det
14	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sang	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 cobbler	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cobbler	det
17	cobbler	cobbler	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sang	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	the fish			a deep voice			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	past	the fish not said here	a song	the cobbler		then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent song=Topic to cobbler=Recipient

Option 3

yes, but only the head spoke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 spoke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 spoke	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 spoke	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 head	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 head	det
6	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 spoke	nsubj
7	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	the head						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yep, in a small squeaky voice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yep	yep	INTJ	_	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yep	punct
3	in	in	ADP	_	7 voice	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 voice	det
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
6	squeaky	squeaky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 voice	amod
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yep	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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