Test 6 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins th…
Yeah but how'd they choose? Did the chamberlain just pick one?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, chamberlain · What happens: choose, do, pick · To what, where: chamberlain, one
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1279 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Shifty Lad: the Shifty Lad wins the princess, then dies on the bridge of Dublin» 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
Sentence 1: Yeah but how'd they choose?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 choose | discourse |
| 2 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 choose | cc |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 choose | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 choose | aux |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 choose | nsubj |
| 6 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 choose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | would | they | vn get-13.5.1 «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.
Sentence 2: Did the chamberlain just pick one?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 chamberlain | det |
| 3 | chamberlain | chamberlain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 pick | advmod |
| 5 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 chamberlain | acl |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 pick | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the chamberlain | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chamberlain=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pick | infinitive | the chamberlain not said here | one | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient |
The options
Option 1
a child with an apple from the royal orchard in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 apple | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 apple | det |
| 5 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 child | nmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 orchard | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 orchard | det |
| 8 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 orchard | amod |
| 9 | orchard | orchard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 apple | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 garden | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 garden | det |
| 12 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 orchard | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
a little girl who was sent in with an apple
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 girl | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 girl | amod |
| 3 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 sent | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 sent | aux:pass |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 girl | acl:relcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 sent | compound:prt |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 apple | case |
| 9 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 apple | det |
| 10 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send in | past · passive | a little girl | with a apple | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
a child with an apple
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 child | det |
| 2 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 apple | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 apple | det |
| 5 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 child | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a guard with a sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 guard | det |
| 2 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 sword | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 guard | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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