Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

wait, what did the King say the dream was about?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, King, dream · What happens: wait, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 say	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 say	nsubj
7	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dream	det
9	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 about	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 about	cop
11	about	about	ADV	_	7 say	ccomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the King		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	is	past	the dream	about property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Winning a huge war with some sheep

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 war	det
3	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 war	amod
4	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Winning	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 sheep	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 sheep	det
7	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Winning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	gerund		a huge war				with some sheep	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent war=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Losing his crown, like it was a warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 crown	nmod:poss
3	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Losing	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 warning	punct
5	like	like	ADP	_	9 warning	case
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 warning	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 warning	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 warning	det
9	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Losing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	gerund		his crown		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crown=Eventuality
2	is	past	crown		like a warning	tree rules
3	crown		his = he			nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Getting a new palace with a golden roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 palace	det
3	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 palace	amod
4	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 roof	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 roof	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 roof	amod
8	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Getting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund		a new palace				with a golden roof	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer palace=Stimulus

Option 4

Finding a lost sister in the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sister	det
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 sister	amod
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 forest	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 forest	det
7	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund		a lost sister		the forest			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Topic
2	lose	participle							vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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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