Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his do…
Was the foster-brother a good dude or a sketchy one?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: foster brother
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1478 «Fairy Tales, Prince Darling, part 65: Darling kicks his dog, is pricked by the ring, and Celia vanishes from her locked room» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 brother | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brother | det |
| 3 | foster | foster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brother | compound |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 foster | punct |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dude | det |
| 7 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 dude | amod |
| 8 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brother | appos |
| 9 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 one | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 11 | sketchy | sketchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 one | amod |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dude | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 brother | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the foster brother | 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
Super sketchy, he kept whispering evil plans to the prince and laughing at the ring's warnings
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Super | super | ADV | _ | 2 sketchy | advmod |
| 2 | sketchy | sketchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kept | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 sketchy | conj |
| 6 | whispering | whisper | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 kept | xcomp |
| 7 | evil | evil | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 plans | amod |
| 8 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 whispering | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 prince | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 whispering | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 laughing | cc |
| 13 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 whispering | conj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 warnings | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 ring | det |
| 16 | ring | ring | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 warnings | nmod:poss |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 ring | case |
| 18 | warnings | warning | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 laughing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | whisper speech: assert | gerund | he not said here | evil plans | the prince | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent plan=Topic to prince=Recipient | |||
| 3 | laugh | gerund | he not said here | the ring's warnings | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | warn | the ring | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Sketchy, he gave super bad advice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sketchy | sketchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 advice | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Sketchy | conj |
| 5 | super | super | ADV | _ | 6 bad | advmod |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 advice | amod |
| 7 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Sketchy, he was raised with the prince and then gave him super bad advice about everything he did
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sketchy | sketchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 raised | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sketchy | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 raised | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 raised | aux:pass |
| 5 | raised | raise | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 prince | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 raised | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 gave | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 gave | advmod |
| 11 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 raised | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 gave | iobj |
| 13 | super | super | ADV | _ | 14 bad | advmod |
| 14 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 advice | amod |
| 15 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 gave | obj |
| 16 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 everything | case |
| 17 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 15 advice | nmod |
| 18 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 did | nsubj |
| 19 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 everything | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | raise | past · passive | he | with the prince | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with prince=Instrument | ||||
| 2 | give | past | bad advice | him = he | then | about everything | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient advice=Theme | ||
| 3 | do | past | he | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Sketchy, he always gave bad tips
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sketchy | sketchy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 gave | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Sketchy | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 gave | advmod |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tips | amod |
| 7 | tips | tip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | bad tips | always property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tip=Theme |
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