Test 2 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's s…
Did the minister's son help the old lady or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son · What happens: help · To what, where: old lady
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1414 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring, part 1: the gardener's son cures the old King and asks for a ring» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 son | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 minister | det |
| 3 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 minister | case |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 help | nsubj |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lady | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lady | amod |
| 9 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 help | obj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 nah | cc |
| 11 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 9 lady | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | the minister's son | the old lady | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lady=Beneficiary |
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
Yeah, he helped her a bit but then told her to get lost, like
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 helped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 helped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helped | nsubj |
| 4 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helped | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helped | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 told | cc |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 told | advmod |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 helped | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 told | iobj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 get | mark |
| 13 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 told | xcomp |
| 14 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 get | xcomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 like | punct |
| 16 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 4 helped | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | he | her = she | a bit obl:unmarked | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | |||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | he not said here | her = she | then | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||
| 3 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | lose | participle | he not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, he just told her to wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 told | advmod |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | iobj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 wait | mark |
| 8 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | he | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he just gave her a coin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 gave | advmod |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 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 | 8 coin | det |
| 8 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a coin | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient coin=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he just told her to get lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 told | advmod |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | iobj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | xcomp |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | he | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | lose | participle | he not said here | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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