Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fai…
wait, what did the rose sellers flog in the streets?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rose sellers · What happens: wait, do, flog · To what, where: streets
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1493 «Fairy Tales (pg503), The Story of Prince Ahmed and the Fairy Paribanou, part 80: Houssain buys a magic tapestry in Bisnagar» 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 | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | advcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sellers | det |
| 6 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sellers | compound |
| 7 | sellers | seller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 flog | nsubj |
| 8 | flog | flog | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 streets | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 streets | det |
| 11 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 flog | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | flog | present | the rose sellers | the streets | vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in street=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 · ← Mova's choice
Oranges and lemons by the cart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oranges | orange | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 lemons | cc |
| 3 | lemons | lemon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Oranges | conj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 cart | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cart | det |
| 6 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Oranges | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Garlands of roses for the temples and nosegays for the ladies of the court
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Garlands | garland | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 roses | case |
| 3 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Garlands | nmod |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 temples | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 temples | det |
| 6 | temples | temple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Garlands | nmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 nosegays | cc |
| 8 | nosegays | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 temples | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 ladies | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ladies | det |
| 11 | ladies | lady | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 temples | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 court | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 court | det |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ladies | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Fresh roses, lilies and jasmine tied in bunches for every passerby to buy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 roses | amod |
| 2 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lilies | punct |
| 4 | lilies | lily | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 roses | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 jasmine | cc |
| 6 | jasmine | jasmine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roses | conj |
| 7 | tied | tie | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 roses | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 bunches | case |
| 9 | bunches | bunch | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 tied | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 passerby | case |
| 11 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 passerby | det |
| 12 | passerby | passerby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tied | obl |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 buy | mark |
| 14 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 passerby | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tie | participle | Fresh roses and lilies and jasmine not said here | bunches | for every passerby | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | buy | to-infinitive | vn accept-77.1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Roses for everyone's nosegays
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 nosegays | case |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 nosegays | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 everyone | case |
| 5 | nosegays | nosegay | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Roses | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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