Test 4 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…
Who was the sus old man chilling in the cave with Celia?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: sus old man · What happens: be, chill · To what, where: sus old man, cave
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 man | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 man | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 4 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 man | amod |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | chilling | chill | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 man | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 cave | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cave | det |
| 10 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chilling | obl |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 Celia | case |
| 12 | Celia | Celia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 cave | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 man | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the sus old man | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chill | gerund | the sus old man not said here | the cave with Celia | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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
The Fairy, dressed as a dove
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dressed | punct |
| 4 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 Fairy | acl |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 7 dove | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 dove | det |
| 7 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dressed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dress | participle | the Fairy not said here | as a dove | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The hermit, a proper old bloke who shared his breakfast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hermit | det |
| 2 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bloke | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bloke | det |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bloke | amod |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bloke | amod |
| 7 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hermit | appos |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 shared | nsubj |
| 9 | shared | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 bloke | acl:relcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 breakfast | nmod:poss |
| 11 | breakfast | breakfast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | past | a proper old bloke | his breakfast | tree rules |
Option 3
A king who had lost his coach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 king | acl:relcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 coach | nmod:poss |
| 7 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past · perfect | a king | king's coach | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coach=Eventuality |
Option 4
A giant dove with a crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dove | det |
| 2 | giant | giant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dove | amod |
| 3 | dove | dove | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 crown | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crown | det |
| 6 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dove | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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