Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant…
Who gave Jack a ride to the castle?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: give · To what, where: ride, Jack
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1537 «Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk: Jack outwits the Giant and takes back his 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ride | det |
| 5 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 castle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 castle | det |
| 8 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gave | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 gave | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | a ride | Jack | to the castle | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent jack=Recipient ride=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
The kind old Fairy in a chariot pulled by four big peacocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Fairy | det |
| 2 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Fairy | amod |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 Fairy | amod |
| 4 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 chariot | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chariot | det |
| 7 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Fairy | nmod |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 Fairy | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 peacocks | case |
| 10 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 12 peacocks | nummod |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 peacocks | amod |
| 12 | peacocks | peacock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle | the kind old Fairy in a chariot not said here | by four big peacocks | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The Fairy, in a chariot pulled by peacocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chariot | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chariot | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 chariot | det |
| 6 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Fairy | appos |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 chariot | acl |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 peacocks | case |
| 9 | peacocks | peacock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle | a chariot not said here | by peacocks | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The Fairy, in a golden chariot pulled by swans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Fairy | det |
| 2 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 chariot | punct |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 chariot | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 chariot | det |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 chariot | amod |
| 7 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Fairy | appos |
| 8 | pulled | pull | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 chariot | acl |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 swans | case |
| 10 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pulled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | participle | a golden chariot not said here | by swans | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The king, on a white horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 horse | punct |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 horse | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 6 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 horse | amod |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 king | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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