Test 12 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 3: the…
Okay last one, what did the sparrow say when she got caught?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Okay last one · What happens: do, say, catch · To what, where: sparrow, she · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | Okay | okay | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 one | amod |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 one | acl:relcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sparrow | det |
| 8 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obj |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 caught | mark |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 caught | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 caught | aux:pass |
| 13 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 say | ccomp |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Okay last one | the sparrow | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sparrow=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | Okay last one | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | catch | past · passive | she | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
It was me, and I'm sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 me | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 me | cop |
| 3 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 sorry | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sorry | cc |
| 6 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 sorry | nsubj |
| 7 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sorry | cop |
| 8 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 me | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | I | sorry property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, it was me, and I am truly sorry for what I did
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 me | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 me | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 me | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 me | cop |
| 5 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 sorry | nsubj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sorry | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sorry | cc |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 sorry | nsubj |
| 9 | am | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sorry | cop |
| 10 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 11 sorry | advmod |
| 11 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 what | case |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 sorry | obl |
| 14 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 did | nsubj |
| 15 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | me | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | me | sorry, truly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | do | past | I | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
I'm the one who ate it, and I'm deeply sorry for taking your starch
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 one | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 one | det |
| 4 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 ate | nsubj |
| 6 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 one | acl:relcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ate | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sorry | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sorry | cc |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 sorry | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 sorry | cop |
| 12 | deeply | deeply | ADV | _ | 13 sorry | advmod |
| 13 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 one | parataxis |
| 14 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 15 taking | mark |
| 15 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 sorry | advcl |
| 16 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 starch | nmod:poss |
| 17 | starch | starch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 taking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | I | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | eat | past | the one | it | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 3 | is | present | I | deeply, sorry property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | take | gerund | I not said here | your starch | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent starch=Theme |
Option 4
I did it, forgive me
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 did | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 forgive | punct |
| 5 | forgive | forgive | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | conj |
| 6 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 forgive | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | I | it | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | forgive | infinitive | I not said here | me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme |
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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