Test 2 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p…
ok so the queen's basically trying to hook her up, right?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: try, hook up · To what, where: queen
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» 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 | INTJ | _ | 7 trying | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 trying | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 trying | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 queen | case |
| 6 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 7 trying | advmod |
| 7 | trying | try | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 hook | mark |
| 9 | hook | hook | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 trying | xcomp |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hook | obj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 hook | compound:prt |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 trying | punct |
| 13 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 trying | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 trying | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | gerund | the queen | basically property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | hook up not said to happen | to-infinitive | the queen not said here | queen | tree rules |
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
yeah, she's begging her to pick a prince from the many kings who keep sending poems
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 begging | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 begging | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begging | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 begging | aux |
| 5 | begging | beg | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begging | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 pick | mark |
| 8 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 begging | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pick | obj |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 kings | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 kings | det |
| 13 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 kings | amod |
| 14 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pick | obl |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 keep | nsubj |
| 16 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 kings | acl:relcl |
| 17 | sending | send | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 16 keep | xcomp |
| 18 | poems | poem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 sending | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | present · progressive | she | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | pick | to-infinitive | she not said here | a prince | from the many kings | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent prince=Theme from king=Source | |||
| 3 | keep | present | the many kings | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | send | gerund | the many kings not said here | poems | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent poem=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she's begging her to pick a prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 begging | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 begging | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begging | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 begging | aux |
| 5 | begging | beg | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begging | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 pick | mark |
| 8 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 begging | advcl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | present · progressive | she | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | pick | to-infinitive | she not said here | a prince | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, she wants a prince
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | she | a prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme |
Option 4
nah, she's just chill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 chill | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 chill | advmod |
| 6 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | she | chill property | tree rules |
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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