Test 7 · ★ · Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of…

Lowkey, what did the other King say that was kinda rude?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Lowkey, other King, that · What happens: do, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1545 «Popular Tales from the Norse, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 42: the youth frees the princesses, wins a queen, and sets out to find Whiteland» 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	Lowkey	Lowkey	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lowkey	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 King	amod
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	ccomp
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 rude	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 rude	cop
11	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	12 rude	advmod
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 say	ccomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	Lowkey		tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	the other King		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	that	kinda, rude property	tree rules

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

you will never win a Queen as lovely as the one I keep in my hall

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 win	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 win	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 win	advmod
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 win	obj
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 lovely	case
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 win	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	11 one	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obl
12	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	13 keep	nsubj
13	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 one	acl:relcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hall	case
15	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 hall	nmod:poss
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not win	future	you	a Queen				as lovely; as the one	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality
2	keep	present	I	the one not said here		my hall			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme in hall=Location

Option 2

your horse is faster than mine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 horse	nmod:poss
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 faster	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 faster	cop
4	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 mine	case
6	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 faster	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	your horse					than mine; fast property	tree rules

Option 3

your Queen is prettier than mine, and your castle is smaller too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 Queen	nmod:poss
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 prettier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prettier	cop
4	prettier	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 mine	case
6	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prettier	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 smaller	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 smaller	cc
9	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 castle	nmod:poss
10	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 smaller	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 smaller	cop
12	smaller	small	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 prettier	conj
13	too	too	ADV	_	12 smaller	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	your Queen					than mine; pretty property	tree rules
2	is	present	your castle					small property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

your Queen is prettier than mine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 Queen	nmod:poss
2	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 prettier	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 prettier	cop
4	prettier	pretty	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
5	than	than	ADP	_	6 mine	case
6	mine	my	PRON	Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 prettier	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	your Queen					than mine; pretty property	tree rules

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