Test 8 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…
did Sir Richard build a college and stuff for poor people
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sir Richard · What happens: build · To what, where: college
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Richard | aux |
| 2 | Sir | Sir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 Richard | compound |
| 3 | Richard | Richard | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 build | nsubj |
| 4 | build | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 college | det |
| 6 | college | college | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 build | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 stuff | cc |
| 8 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 college | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 10 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 people | amod |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 build | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | present | Sir Richard | a college and stuff | for poor people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent college=Product for people=Beneficiary |
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
nah, a castle by the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 castle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 castle | det |
| 4 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 river | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 river | det |
| 7 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 castle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he built a tower and a prison for thieves and beggars in the city
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 built | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tower | det |
| 6 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 prison | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 prison | det |
| 9 | prison | prison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tower | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 thieves | case |
| 11 | thieves | thief | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 beggars | cc |
| 13 | beggars | beggar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 thieves | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 city | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 city | det |
| 16 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | he | a tower and a prison | the city | for thieves and beggars | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tower=Material for thief=Beneficiary |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yep, a church and a college too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 church | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 church | det |
| 4 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 college | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 college | det |
| 7 | college | college | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 church | conj |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 church | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
yeah, a hospital and a bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 hospital | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 hospital | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 hospital | det |
| 4 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bridge | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bridge | det |
| 7 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hospital | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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