Test 11 · ★ · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…
Is the Queen's wish for the steed actually possible?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: wish
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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 | 5 wish | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 wish | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Queen | case |
| 5 | wish | wish | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 steed | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 steed | det |
| 8 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wish | nmod |
| 9 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 10 possible | advmod |
| 10 | possible | possible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 steed | amod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 wish | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Queen's wish | for the steed | 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
Yeah, the lads all did it fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lads | det |
| 4 | lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 did | nsubj |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 did | advmod |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 did | obj |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 did | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the lads | it | all, fine property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, all who tried were done in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 done | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 done | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 tried | nsubj |
| 5 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 all | acl:relcl |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 done | aux:pass |
| 7 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 done | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 2 | do in | past · passive | all | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3
Nah, too hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 hard | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 hard | advmod |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nah, some got it, mostly fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fine | punct |
| 7 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 8 fine | advmod |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | some | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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