Test 7 · ★ · Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: t…
Were the princes going home sound with the Steed of Bells, or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princes · What happens: be, go, sound · To what, where: princes
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1518 «Hibernian Tales, The Black Thief and the Knight of Glen: the Thief's last tale saves the youngest prince» 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 | Were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 princes | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 princes | det |
| 3 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 sound | nsubj |
| 4 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 princes | acl |
| 5 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 going | advmod |
| 6 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 Steed | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 Steed | det |
| 9 | Steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sound | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 Bells | case |
| 11 | Bells | Bell | PROPN | Number=Plur | 9 Steed | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 what | punct |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 what | cc |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 sound | parataxis |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 sound | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the princes | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | gerund | the princes not said here | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | sound | present | the princes | with the Steed of Bells | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with steed=Theme |
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, they rode off merry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 rode | compound:prt |
| 6 | merry | merry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride off | past | they | merry | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent merry=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, they set off happy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 set | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 set | nsubj |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 set | compound:prt |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 set | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set off | past | they | happy property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
yeah, they set off home happy with the Steed of Bells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 set | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 set | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 set | nsubj |
| 4 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 set | compound:prt |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 set | advmod |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 set | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 Steed | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Steed | det |
| 10 | Steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 set | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 Bells | case |
| 12 | Bells | bell | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 Steed | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set off | past | they | with the Steed of Bells; happy, home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
yeah, they rode off very happy towards their father's palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 rode | compound:prt |
| 6 | very | very | ADV | _ | 7 happy | advmod |
| 7 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 rode | xcomp |
| 8 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 12 palace | case |
| 9 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 father | nmod:poss |
| 10 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 palace | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 father | case |
| 12 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride off | past | they | their father's palace | happy property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent towards palace=Trajectory |
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