Test 10 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a s…
So when Moti picked a pony, the king was like, "Seriously?"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Moti, king · What happens: pick, be · To what, where: pony
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1300 «Indian Fairy Tales, Moti the Fool, part 25: Moti rides a stolen-looking horse, catches a tiger, and chooses a pony» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 picked | advmod |
| 2 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 picked | advmod |
| 3 | Moti | Moti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 picked | nsubj |
| 4 | picked | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pony | det |
| 6 | pony | pony | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 picked | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 like | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 like | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 like | cop |
| 11 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 picked | advcl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Seriously | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 Seriously | punct |
| 14 | Seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 4 picked | advmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 picked | punct |
| 16 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 picked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick | past | Moti | a pony | seriously property | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pony=Patient | |||
| 2 | is | past | the king | like property | 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
Yeah, and Moti said he wouldn't get hurt falling off it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 4 | Moti | Moti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hurt | nsubj |
| 7 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 hurt | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 hurt | advmod |
| 9 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 10 hurt | aux:pass |
| 10 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 said | ccomp |
| 11 | falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 hurt | xcomp |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 it | case |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 falling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Moti | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not hurt | would · passive | Moti | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | fall off | gerund | it | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient it=Extent |
Option 2
Yeah, and the king said it was a sensible pick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 pick | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 pick | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 pick | det |
| 10 | sensible | sensible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 pick | amod |
| 11 | pick | pick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the king | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a sensible pick | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, the king just nodded and let him choose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 nodded | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 nodded | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 nodded | advmod |
| 6 | nodded | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 let | cc |
| 8 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 nodded | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 let | obj |
| 10 | choose | choose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nod | past | the king | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | the king not said here | king | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | choose | infinitive | king not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, and Moti said he'd bet on it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 said | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 4 | Moti | Moti | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bet | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 bet | aux |
| 8 | bet | bet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 said | ccomp |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bet | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Moti | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | bet | would | Moti | on it | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on it=Theme |
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