Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…
So wait, what did the bird actually nick from the old lady?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do · To what, where: bird
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1343 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the old man finds the sparrow, who is really a fairy» 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 | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wait | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bird | det |
| 7 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 8 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 9 nick | advmod |
| 9 | nick | nick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 lady | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 lady | det |
| 12 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 lady | amod |
| 13 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | 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 | do | past | the bird | from the old lady; nick obl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Eventuality |
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
Some of the starch, the rice-paste stuff she used on her laundry
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 starch | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 starch | det |
| 4 | starch | starch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Some | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 stuff | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stuff | det |
| 7 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuff | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 rice | punct |
| 9 | paste | paste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 stuff | compound |
| 10 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 starch | appos |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 used | nsubj |
| 12 | used | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 stuff | acl:relcl |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 laundry | case |
| 14 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 laundry | nmod:poss |
| 15 | laundry | laundry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | past | she | the rice paste stuff not said here | her laundry | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Some starch, like the rice-paste stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 starch | det |
| 2 | starch | starch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 stuff | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 stuff | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 stuff | det |
| 6 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 paste | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 rice | punct |
| 8 | paste | paste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stuff | compound |
| 9 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 starch | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Some rice, like the sticky paste
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 rice | det |
| 2 | rice | rice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 paste | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 paste | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 paste | det |
| 6 | sticky | sticky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 paste | amod |
| 7 | paste | paste | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 rice | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Some flour, like the baking stuff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 2 flour | det |
| 2 | flour | flour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 flour | punct |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 stuff | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stuff | det |
| 6 | baking | baking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stuff | compound |
| 7 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 flour | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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