Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the cas…
Wait, the guards saluted him like a proper legend?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, guards · What happens: wait, salute · To what, where: him
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1263 «Fairy Tales, The Knight of the Fish: the rescue at the castle» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 saluted | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guards | det |
| 4 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 saluted | nsubj |
| 5 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 saluted | obj |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 legend | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 legend | det |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 legend | amod |
| 10 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 saluted | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | salute | past | the guards | him = he | like a proper legend | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they lined up and saluted him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lined | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lined | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lined | nsubj |
| 4 | lined | line | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 lined | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saluted | cc |
| 7 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lined | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 saluted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line up | past | they | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | salute | past | they not said here | him = he | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
Option 2
Nah, they lined up to arrest him, then saluted his brother instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 lined | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lined | nsubj |
| 4 | lined | line | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 lined | compound:prt |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 arrest | mark |
| 7 | arrest | arrest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lined | advcl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 arrest | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 saluted | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 saluted | advmod |
| 11 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lined | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brother | nmod:poss |
| 13 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 saluted | obj |
| 14 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 11 saluted | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line up | past | they | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | arrest | to-infinitive | they not said here | him = he | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 3 | salute | past | they not said here | his brother | then | instead property | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Topic |
Option 3
Nah, they just stared at his horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 stared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stared | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 stared | advmod |
| 5 | stared | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 horse | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 horse | nmod:poss |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | past | they | at his horse | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at horse=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they lined up along the street and saluted him like a king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lined | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lined | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lined | nsubj |
| 4 | lined | line | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 lined | compound:prt |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 8 street | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 street | det |
| 8 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lined | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 saluted | cc |
| 10 | saluted | salute | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lined | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saluted | obj |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 14 king | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 king | det |
| 14 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saluted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | line up | past | they | along the street | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | salute | past | they not said here | him = he | like a king | vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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