Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines…
Did you see the cats with guitars? They were proper mental, bruv!
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cats · What happens: see, be · To what, where: cats
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny dog» 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
Sentence 1: Did you see the cats with guitars?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 see | nsubj |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cats | det |
| 5 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 see | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 guitars | case |
| 7 | guitars | guitar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 cats | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | the cats | with guitars | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus |
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.
Sentence 2: They were proper mental, bruv!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mental | nsubj |
| 2 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 mental | cop |
| 3 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 4 mental | advmod |
| 4 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bruv | punct |
| 6 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mental | vocative |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 4 mental | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | cats = cat | bruv vocative; mental, properly property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nah, the cats just played a boring tune all night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 played | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cats | det |
| 4 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 played | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 played | advmod |
| 6 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 tune | det |
| 8 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tune | amod |
| 9 | tune | tune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 played | obj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 night | det |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 played | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | past | the cats | a boring tune | night | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tune=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, the Prince covered his ears and the cats played on, proper mental
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 covered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 covered | nsubj |
| 5 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ears | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 covered | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 played | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cats | det |
| 10 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 played | nsubj |
| 11 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 covered | conj |
| 12 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 played | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 covered | punct |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 mental | amod |
| 15 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 covered | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | past | the Prince | Prince's ears | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination | ||||
| 2 | play on | past | the cats | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the Prince cried and left the hall, sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 cried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 cried | nsubj |
| 5 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 left | cc |
| 7 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cried | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hall | det |
| 9 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 left | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sick | punct |
| 11 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cried | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | the Prince | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | leave | past | the Prince not said here | the hall | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hall=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the Prince covered his ears, dead funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 covered | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 covered | nsubj |
| 5 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ears | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 covered | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 covered | punct |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 funny | amod |
| 10 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 covered | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | past | the Prince | Prince's ears | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent ear=Destination |
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