Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…
yo, did the king seriously say he'd cut off their heads?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, say, cut off · To what, where: king, heads · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real Princess» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 7 say | advmod |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 king | acl:relcl |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cut | nsubj |
| 9 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 cut | aux |
| 10 | cut | cut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 say | ccomp |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 heads | case |
| 12 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 heads | nmod:poss |
| 13 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 cut | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the king not said here | seriously property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | cut off | past · perfect | king | their heads | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector head=Eventuality |
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
yeah bro, the whole court was waiting for the blade to fall on them both
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 bro | discourse |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 waiting | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 court | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 court | amod |
| 6 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waiting | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 waiting | aux |
| 8 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 bro | parataxis |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 blade | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 blade | det |
| 11 | blade | blade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 waiting | obl |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 fall | mark |
| 13 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 waiting | advcl |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 them | case |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fall | obl |
| 16 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 them | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past · progressive | the whole court | for the blade | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fall | to-infinitive | the whole court not said here | on them = they | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on they=Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah bro, he just yelled it for drama
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 2 bro | discourse |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 yelled | vocative |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bro | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 yelled | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 yelled | advmod |
| 6 | yelled | yell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 yelled | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 drama | case |
| 9 | drama | drama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 yelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yell speech: express | past | he | bro | for drama; bro vocative | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
yeah bro, the headsman was already on his way over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 bro | discourse |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 way | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bro | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 headsman | det |
| 5 | headsman | headsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 way | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 way | cop |
| 7 | already | already | ADV | _ | 10 way | advmod |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 way | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 way | nmod:poss |
| 10 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | over | over | ADV | _ | 10 way | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | bro | his way | over property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah bro, the sword was getting sharpened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 bro | discourse |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 getting | vocative |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bro | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 sword | det |
| 5 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 getting | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 getting | aux |
| 7 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | sharpened | sharpen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · progressive | the sword | bro vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sharpen | participle | the sword not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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