Test 6 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…
was the prince lowkey trying to bail on the long-nose girl?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince lowkey · What happens: be, try, bail · To what, where: prince lowkey
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1420 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 7: the North Wind carries her to the castle, and the shirt goes wrong» 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 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lowkey | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lowkey | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lowkey | compound |
| 4 | lowkey | lowkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 lowkey | acl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 bail | mark |
| 7 | bail | bail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 girl | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 girl | det |
| 10 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 nose | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 long | punct |
| 12 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 girl | compound |
| 13 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bail | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 lowkey | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the prince lowkey | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | try | gerund | the prince lowkey not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | bail not said to happen | to-infinitive | the prince lowkey not said here | on the nose girl | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent |
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 was trying hard to get out of the whole marriage deal he had been stuck with
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 trying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 trying | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trying | aux |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 trying | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 get | mark |
| 8 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 14 deal | case |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 deal | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 deal | det |
| 12 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 deal | amod |
| 13 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 deal | compound |
| 14 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 get | obl |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 stuck | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 stuck | aux |
| 17 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 18 stuck | aux:pass |
| 18 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 deal | parataxis |
| 19 | with | with | ADP | _ | 18 stuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | he | hard property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | get out not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the whole marriage deal | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stick | past · perfect · passive | he | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was not about that marriage
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 marriage | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 marriage | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 marriage | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 marriage | advmod |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 marriage | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 8 marriage | det |
| 8 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | he | about that marriage | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, he was sneaking around hoping to dodge that marriage and maybe get free of the whole mess
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sneaking | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneaking | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sneaking | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sneaking | aux |
| 5 | sneaking | sneak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 7 hoping | mark |
| 7 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 sneaking | advcl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 dodge | mark |
| 9 | dodge | dodge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hoping | xcomp |
| 10 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 marriage | mark |
| 11 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dodge | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 get | cc |
| 13 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 14 get | advmod |
| 14 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 dodge | conj |
| 15 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 get | xcomp |
| 16 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 mess | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 mess | det |
| 18 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 mess | amod |
| 19 | mess | mess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 free | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneak around | past · progressive | he | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hope | gerund | he not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | dodge not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | marriage | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent marriage=Location | ||||
| 4 | get | infinitive | he not said here | free, maybe property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yeah, he was trying to escape the match
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 trying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 trying | aux |
| 5 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 escape | mark |
| 7 | escape | escape | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trying | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 match | det |
| 9 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 escape | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · progressive | he | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | escape not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the match | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme match=Initial_Location |
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