Test 5 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 4: the…
wait, what did the lady sparrow do when the old wife showed up?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old wife · What happens: wait, do, show up
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1344 «Japanese Fairy Tales, The Tongue-Cut Sparrow, part 4: the greedy old wife opens the big box and finds demons» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sparrow | det |
| 6 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sparrow | compound |
| 7 | sparrow | sparrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 showed | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wife | det |
| 11 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 wife | amod |
| 12 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 showed | nsubj |
| 13 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | advcl |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 showed | compound:prt |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 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 · do-support | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | show up | past | the old wife | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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
she came out and was polite to her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 polite | cc |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 polite | cop |
| 6 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 came | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 her | case |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 polite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | she | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | past | she not said here | her = she | polite property | tree rules |
Option 2
she came out and gave her a warm welcome and tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 gave | cc |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | iobj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 welcome | det |
| 8 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 welcome | amod |
| 9 | welcome | welcome | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 tea | cc |
| 11 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 welcome | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | she | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | past | she not said here | a warm welcome and tea | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient welcome=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
she came out to meet her and promised a second box as a gift
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 meet | mark |
| 5 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 came | advcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 meet | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 promised | cc |
| 8 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 box | det |
| 10 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 box | amod |
| 11 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 promised | obj |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 gift | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 gift | det |
| 14 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 promised | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | past | she | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | she not said here | her = she | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | promise speech: promise | past | she not said here | a second box | as a gift | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent box=Theme |
Option 4
she sent her away at the door
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sent | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 sent | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 door | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 door | det |
| 7 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send away | past | she | her = she | the door | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=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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