Test 12 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…
is trusty john allowed to just leave the king on the boat?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: trusty john · What happens: be, allow, leave · To what, where: trusty john, king, boat
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 john | cop |
| 2 | trusty | trusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 john | amod |
| 3 | john | john | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 leave | mark |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 leave | advmod |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 allowed | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 boat | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 boat | det |
| 12 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 leave | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 allowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | trusty john | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | allow | participle · passive | trusty john | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | trusty john not said here | the king | the boat | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent king=Theme on boat=Location |
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
yeah, he's supposed to fetch the Princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 supposed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 supposed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 supposed | aux:pass |
| 5 | supposed | suppose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 fetch | mark |
| 7 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 supposed | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 9 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fetch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | suppose | present · passive | he | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fetch | to-infinitive | the Princess | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, he told him to wait on the boat and get everything ready for the Princess while he goes
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | iobj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 wait | mark |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 boat | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 boat | det |
| 10 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wait | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 get | cc |
| 12 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wait | conj |
| 13 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 12 get | obj |
| 14 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 get | xcomp |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 Princess | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Princess | det |
| 17 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 ready | obl |
| 18 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 20 goes | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 goes | nsubj |
| 20 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | he | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | the boat | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on boat=Location | ||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | he not said here | everything | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus | |||
| 4 | go | present | he | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, he's just going to the market
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 going | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 going | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 going | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 going | advmod |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 market | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 market | det |
| 9 | market | market | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 going | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | he | the market | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to market=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, he told him to wait and get everything ready
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | iobj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 wait | mark |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 get | cc |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wait | conj |
| 10 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 get | obj |
| 11 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | he | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | he not said here | everything | ready property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus |
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