Test 1 · ★ · d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the…
Yo, did you see the Wicked King's face when the mouse went nibbling his ears?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mouse · What happens: see, go, nibble · To what, where: Wicked face, ears
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» 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 | _ | 5 see | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 face | det |
| 7 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 face | amod |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 face | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 King | case |
| 10 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 11 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 14 went | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 mouse | det |
| 13 | mouse | mouse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 went | nsubj |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | advcl |
| 15 | nibbling | nibble | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 went | xcomp |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 ears | nmod:poss |
| 17 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 nibbling | obj |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 see | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | past · do-support | you | King's Wicked face | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | go | past | the mouse | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | nibble | gerund | the mouse not said here | mouse's ears | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient |
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
Nah, he just sat there, innit.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 sat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sat | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 sat | advmod |
| 5 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 sat | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 5 sat | discourse |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sat | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | he | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Proper gutted, he was screaming murder like a total muppet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | properly | ADV | _ | 2 gutted | advmod |
| 2 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 murder | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 gutted | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 murder | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 murder | cop |
| 6 | screaming | scream | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 murder | amod |
| 7 | murder | murder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 muppet | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 muppet | det |
| 10 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 muppet | amod |
| 11 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 murder | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | participle | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | scream speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is a | past | screaming murder | like a total muppet | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah, mate, he was proper scared.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 scared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 scared | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 scared | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 scared | cop |
| 7 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 8 scared | advmod |
| 8 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | properly, scared property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, the Prince was the one who got nibbled, lowkey hilarious.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 one | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 nibbled | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 nibbled | aux:pass |
| 10 | nibbled | nibble | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | acl:relcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 hilarious | punct |
| 12 | lowkey | lowkey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hilarious | amod |
| 13 | hilarious | hilarious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 nibbled | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Prince | the one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | nibble | past · passive | the one | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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