Test 5 · ★ · Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince…
Mate, who even told the King to get the Finland wizard?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: tell, get · To what, where: King, Finland wizard · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | ccomp |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 told | punct |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 told | nsubj |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 told | advmod |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 King | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 told | iobj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | ccomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 wizard | det |
| 11 | Finland | Finland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 wizard | compound |
| 12 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 told | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Finland wizard | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wizard=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Some random courtier, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 courtier | det |
| 2 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 courtier | amod |
| 3 | courtier | courtier | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 innit | punct |
| 5 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 courtier | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Loads of people said it but mainly the wind wizard's son, the one who knew everything, innit
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 said | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 people | case |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Loads | nmod |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 son | cc |
| 7 | mainly | mainly | ADV | _ | 12 son | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 wizard | det |
| 9 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wizard | compound |
| 10 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 son | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 wizard | case |
| 12 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 one | punct |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 one | det |
| 15 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 son | appos |
| 16 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 knew | nsubj |
| 17 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 one | acl:relcl |
| 18 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 17 knew | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 innit | punct |
| 20 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 son | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Loads of people | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | know | past | the one | everything | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The wind wizard's son, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wizard | det |
| 2 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wizard | compound |
| 3 | wizard | wizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 wizard | case |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 son | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
I reckon it was the Prince's mate who was always hanging round the stables, innit
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 2 reckon | nsubj |
| 2 | reckon | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mate | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 mate | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prince | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 mate | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 Prince | case |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reckon | ccomp |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 hanging | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 hanging | aux |
| 11 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 12 hanging | advmod |
| 12 | hanging | hang | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 mate | acl:relcl |
| 13 | round | round | ADP | _ | 15 stables | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 stables | det |
| 15 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 hanging | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 innit | punct |
| 17 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 stables | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | I | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the Prince's mate | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | hang | past · progressive | the Prince's mate | the stables and innit | always property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme round stable=Destination |
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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