Test 2 · ★ · Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way…
so wait, the porter only lets in a craftsman, right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, porter · What happens: wait, let · To what, where: craftsman
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1339 «Mabinogion, Culhwch and Olwen, part 64: Kai talks his way past the gate to polish a giant's sword» 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 | _ | 2 wait | advmod |
| 2 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lets | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 porter | det |
| 5 | porter | porter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lets | nsubj |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 lets | advmod |
| 7 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 wait | parataxis |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 craftsman | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 craftsman | det |
| 10 | craftsman | craftsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lets | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wait | punct |
| 12 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 2 wait | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 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 | let | present | the porter | a craftsman | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: 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.
The options
Option 1
nah, anyone who knocks loud enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 anyone | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 knocks | nsubj |
| 5 | knocks | knock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 knocks | xcomp |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 knocks | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | knock | present | enough, loud property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, someone who brings his trade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 someone | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 someone | punct |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 brings | nsubj |
| 5 | brings | bring | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 someone | acl:relcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 trade | nmod:poss |
| 7 | trade | trade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brings | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | present | his trade | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent trade=Theme | |||||
| 2 | trade | his = he | nom trade «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
yeah, a lad who's a good fighter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 lad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lad | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lad | det |
| 4 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 's | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lad | acl:relcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 fighter | det |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 fighter | amod |
| 9 | fighter | fighter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 's | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | a lad | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yeah, a bloke with some gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bloke | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 bloke | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bloke | det |
| 4 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 6 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 gold | det |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bloke | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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