Test 3 · ★ · Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves th…
Did the king want tae hang the robber, or what, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: want, hang · To what, where: robber
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1303 «Book of Tales, Ian the Fisher's Son: the princess saves the true winner and chooses him» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 king | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | tae | tae | X | Foreign=Yes | 6 hang | mark |
| 6 | hang | hang | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 robber | det |
| 8 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hang | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 want | parataxis |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 what | vocative |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | the king | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hang not said to happen | infinitive | the king not said here | the robber | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Patient |
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
Aye, he ordered the robber freed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 4 ordered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 robber | det |
| 6 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ordered | obj |
| 7 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 robber | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | he | the robber | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent robber=Theme | ||||
| 2 | free | participle | the robber not said here | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Aye, he ordered the gallows built
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 4 ordered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gallows | det |
| 6 | gallows | gallows | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ordered | obj |
| 7 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 gallows | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | he | the gallows | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gallows=Theme | ||||
| 2 | build | participle | the gallows not said here | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
Aye, he ordered the gallows built and the robber hanged at noon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 4 ordered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gallows | det |
| 6 | gallows | gallows | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 built | nsubj |
| 7 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ordered | ccomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hanged | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 robber | det |
| 10 | robber | robber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hanged | nsubj |
| 11 | hanged | hange | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ordered | conj |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 noon | case |
| 13 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hanged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | he | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | build | past | the gallows | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | hange | participle | the robber | noon | tree rules |
Option 4
Aye, he ordered the gallows built for the thief in the morning light, mate
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aye | aye | INTJ | _ | 4 ordered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Aye | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ordered | nsubj |
| 4 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 gallows | det |
| 6 | gallows | gallows | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ordered | obj |
| 7 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 gallows | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 thief | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 thief | det |
| 10 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 built | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 light | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 light | det |
| 13 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 light | compound |
| 14 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 built | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mate | punct |
| 16 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 light | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | order | past | he | the gallows | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gallows=Theme | ||||
| 2 | build | participle | the gallows not said here | for the thief; in the morning light and mate | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.patient V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in light=Attribute |
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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