Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to ston…
wait, what was in the cupboard, like a cheeky surprise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: cupboard
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1483 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Faithful John, John is turned to stone and brought back at a dreadful price» 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 cupboard | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 cupboard | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 cupboard | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cupboard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cupboard | det |
| 7 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 surprise | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 surprise | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 surprise | det |
| 11 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 surprise | amod |
| 12 | surprise | surprise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the cupboard | 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
A jewelled cupboard full of gold, wine and a hidden dagger for the King
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cupboard | det |
| 2 | jewelled | jewell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 cupboard | amod |
| 3 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cupboard | amod |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 gold | case |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 full | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 wine | punct |
| 8 | wine | wine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cupboard | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dagger | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 dagger | det |
| 11 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 dagger | amod |
| 12 | dagger | dagger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cupboard | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 King | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 King | det |
| 15 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 dagger | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jewell | participle | tree rules |
Option 2
A bunch of flowers with a hidden poison inside every petal and stem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bunch | det |
| 2 | bunch | bunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 flowers | case |
| 4 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 bunch | nmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 poison | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 poison | det |
| 7 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 poison | amod |
| 8 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 flowers | nmod |
| 9 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 11 petal | case |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 petal | det |
| 11 | petal | petal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 poison | nmod |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 stem | cc |
| 13 | stem | stem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 petal | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A nice bridal gown with a hidden blade
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 gown | det |
| 2 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gown | amod |
| 3 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 gown | amod |
| 4 | gown | gown | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 blade | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 blade | det |
| 7 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 blade | amod |
| 8 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gown | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A bridal shirt that was actually poison
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 shirt | det |
| 2 | bridal | bridal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shirt | amod |
| 3 | shirt | shirt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 poison | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 poison | cop |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 poison | advmod |
| 7 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shirt | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | a bridal shirt | poison | actually property | tree rules |
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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