Test 7 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go d…
Wasn't the prince's head on the line for the crowns?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: not be · To what, where: head, line
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1293 «Irish Fairy Tales, Seven Inches, part 18: the sisters go down the well, and the prince forges three crowns» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 head | cop |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 head | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 prince | case |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 line | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 line | det |
| 9 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 head | nmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 crowns | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 crowns | det |
| 12 | crowns | crown | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 line | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 head | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | the prince's head | the line for the crowns | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yes, the prince offered his head as a pledge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 offered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | nsubj |
| 5 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 pledge | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pledge | det |
| 10 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | the prince | prince's head | as a pledge | vn volunteer-95.4 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Pivot as pledge=Attribute |
Option 2
Yes, he staked his life on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 staked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 staked | nsubj |
| 4 | staked | stake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 staked | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 staked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stake | past | he | his life | life | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Patient |
Option 3
Yes, the prince offered his head as a pledge to the king and the smith
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 offered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | nsubj |
| 5 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 head | nmod:poss |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 pledge | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pledge | det |
| 10 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 king | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 offered | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 smith | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 smith | det |
| 16 | smith | smith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 king | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | the prince | prince's head | the king and the smith | as a pledge | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: agent=Agent head=Theme to king=Goal |
Option 4
Yes, he risked his own life as the pledge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 risked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 risked | nsubj |
| 4 | risked | risk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 life | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 life | amod |
| 7 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 risked | obj |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 pledge | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 pledge | det |
| 10 | pledge | pledge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 risked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | risk | past | he | his own life | as the pledge | vn risk-94-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Pivot |
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