Test 10 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer
why did the king reckon carabosse was out to get him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king, carabosse · What happens: reckon, be, get · To what, where: king
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 reckon | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 reckon | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reckon | nsubj |
| 5 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | carabosse | carabosse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 out | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 out | cop |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 5 reckon | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 get | mark |
| 10 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reckon | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | past · do-support | the king | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | carabosse | out property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | to-infinitive | the king not said here | king | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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
cos he chucked her wand in a pond when they were young
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chucked | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 chucked | nsubj |
| 3 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 wand | nmod:poss |
| 5 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chucked | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 pond | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pond | det |
| 8 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 chucked | obl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 young | advmod |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 young | nsubj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 young | cop |
| 12 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 chucked | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck | past | cos | her wand | a pond | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent wand=Theme in pond=Destination | |||
| 2 | is | past | they | young property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
cos he put sulphur in her porridge as a kid, for a laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 put | nsubj |
| 3 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sulphur | sulphur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 porridge | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 porridge | nmod:poss |
| 7 | porridge | porridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 kid | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kid | det |
| 10 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 laugh | punct |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 laugh | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 laugh | det |
| 14 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 put | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | he | cos | her porridge | as a kid | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent sulphur=Theme in porridge=Destination |
Option 3
cos he got her in trouble with the queen when they were kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 trouble | case |
| 6 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 queen | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 queen | det |
| 9 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trouble | nmod |
| 10 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 kids | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 kids | nsubj |
| 12 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 kids | cop |
| 13 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | cos | her = she | trouble with the queen | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is a | past | they | kids | tree rules |
Option 4
cos he cheated her at the fair, dunno
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cheated | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cheated | nsubj |
| 3 | cheated | cheat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cheated | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 fair | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fair | det |
| 7 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cheated | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 dunno | punct |
| 9 | dunno | dunno | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fair | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cheat | past | cos | her = she | the fair and dunno | vn cheat-10.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Source |
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