Test 9 · ★ · d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the…
Why did the King stop at the castle?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: do · To what, where: King stop, castle
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stop | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 stop | compound |
| 5 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 castle | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 castle | det |
| 8 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the King stop | the castle | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=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
Cos the Duchess invited him, innit, so he came
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 Duchess | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Duchess | det |
| 3 | Duchess | Duchess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 invited | obl |
| 4 | invited | invite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 invited | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 innit | punct |
| 7 | innit | innit | INTJ | _ | 4 invited | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 came | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 came | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 came | nsubj |
| 11 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 invited | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invite | past | him = he | cos the Duchess | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | come | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Cos he had a massive bill to pay, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 had | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 had | nsubj |
| 3 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bill | det |
| 5 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bill | amod |
| 6 | bill | bill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 had | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 pay | mark |
| 8 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 bill | acl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | he | a massive bill and mate | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bill=Patient | ||||
| 2 | pay | to-infinitive | he not said here | a massive bill and mate not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Cos the horses were all lame and the river had flooded the bridge, so he was forced to stop there.
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 horses | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horses | det |
| 3 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lame | obl |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 lame | cop |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 6 lame | advmod |
| 6 | lame | lame | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 flooded | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 river | det |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flooded | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 flooded | aux |
| 11 | flooded | flood | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lame | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 bridge | det |
| 13 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flooded | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 forced | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 forced | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 forced | nsubj:pass |
| 17 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 forced | aux:pass |
| 18 | forced | force | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 lame | parataxis |
| 19 | to | to | PART | _ | 20 stop | mark |
| 20 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 forced | xcomp |
| 21 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 20 stop | advmod |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lame | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | cos the horses; all, lame property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | flood | past · perfect · passive | the river | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | force | past · passive | he | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | stop | to-infinitive | he not said here | there | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cos it was boiling hot and he was knackered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 5 hot | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hot | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hot | cop |
| 4 | boiling | boil | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 hot | amod |
| 5 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 knackered | cc |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knackered | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 knackered | aux:pass |
| 9 | knackered | knacker | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 hot | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | boil | gerund | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | is | past | it | hot property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | knacker | past · passive | he | tree rules |
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