Test 9 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…
wait, what kinda ship did the captain get back?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, captain · What happens: wait, get back
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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 | _ | 9 get | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 did | obj |
| 4 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 6 did | advmod |
| 5 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 get | aux |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 captain | det |
| 8 | captain | captain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | nsubj |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 wait | conj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 get | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | 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 | get back | past · do-support | the captain | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
a golden ship with brocade sails
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ship | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ship | amod |
| 3 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 sails | case |
| 5 | brocade | brocade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sails | compound |
| 6 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ship | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the same old ship but now with a bronze ring nailed to its mast forever
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ship | det |
| 2 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ship | amod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ship | amod |
| 4 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 ring | cc |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 ring | advmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 ring | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 ring | det |
| 9 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ring | compound |
| 10 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ship | conj |
| 11 | nailed | nail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 ring | acl |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 mast | case |
| 13 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 mast | nmod:poss |
| 14 | mast | mast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 nailed | obl |
| 15 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 11 nailed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nail | participle | a bronze ring not said here | to ring's mast; forever property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to mast=Co-Patient |
Option 3
a golden ship with brocade sails, a mule, and a crew of sleepy mice
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ship | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ship | amod |
| 3 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 sails | case |
| 5 | brocade | brocade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sails | compound |
| 6 | sails | sail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ship | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mule | punct |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mule | det |
| 9 | mule | mule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ship | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 crew | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 crew | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 crew | det |
| 13 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ship | appos |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 mice | case |
| 15 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 mice | amod |
| 16 | mice | mouse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 crew | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a golden ship with bronze oars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 ship | det |
| 2 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 ship | amod |
| 3 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 oars | case |
| 5 | bronze | bronze | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 oars | compound |
| 6 | oars | oar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ship | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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