Test 1 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mo…
ok real talk, how did the prince actually beat that serpent, did he use a sword?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: do, beat, use · To what, where: prince, ok real talk, sword
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1379 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Yamato Take, the serpent on Ibuki Mountain: he kills the monster, is poisoned, heals in hot springs, and goes home to Ise» 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 | ok | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 talk | amod |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 talk | amod |
| 3 | talk | talk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 beat | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 did | advmod |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 beat | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | obj |
| 9 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 10 beat | advmod |
| 10 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 serpent | det |
| 12 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 beat | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 use | punct |
| 14 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 use | aux |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 use | nsubj |
| 16 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 beat | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 sword | det |
| 18 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 use | obj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 beat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | beat | present | ok real talk | actually property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location serpent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | use | past · do-support | he | a sword | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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
nah, with a sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 sword | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sword | punct |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 sword | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
nah, he hit it with a wooden club
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 hit | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hit | nsubj |
| 4 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hit | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 club | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 club | det |
| 8 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 club | amod |
| 9 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | past | he | it | with a wooden club | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with club=Instrument |
Option 3
yeah, a sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sword | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sword | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
nah, he choked it with his bare arms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 choked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 choked | nsubj |
| 4 | choked | choke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 choked | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 arms | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 arms | nmod:poss |
| 8 | bare | bare | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 arms | amod |
| 9 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 choked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choke | past | he | it | with his bare arms | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with arm=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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