Test 12 · ★ · Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky si…
What's the new story about then?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: new story · What happens: be
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1580 «Household Tales, Dullhead: the golden goose, the sticky sisters and the wedding» 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 story | amod |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 then | case |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 story | nmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the new story | 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 · ✓ the right answer
It's about Cinderlad and his brothers, the seven foals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 Cinderlad | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Cinderlad | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 Cinderlad | case |
| 4 | Cinderlad | Cinderlad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 brothers | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Cinderlad | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 foals | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 foals | det |
| 10 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 foals | nummod |
| 11 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Cinderlad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | about Cinderlad and his brothers and the seven foals | tree rules |
Option 2
It's about the seven foals and a cake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 foals | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 foals | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 6 foals | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 foals | det |
| 5 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 foals | nummod |
| 6 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cake | cc |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cake | det |
| 9 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 foals | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | about the seven foals and a cake | tree rules |
Option 3
It's about Cinderlad, the youngest son, and his six brothers who turned into seven foals and rode off
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 Cinderlad | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Cinderlad | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 Cinderlad | case |
| 4 | Cinderlad | Cinderlad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 son | det |
| 7 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 son | amod |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 Cinderlad | appos |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 brothers | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 brothers | cc |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 12 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 13 brothers | nummod |
| 13 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Cinderlad | appos |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 turned | nsubj |
| 15 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 brothers | acl:relcl |
| 16 | into | into | ADP | _ | 18 foals | case |
| 17 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 foals | nummod |
| 18 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 turned | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 rode | cc |
| 20 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 turned | conj |
| 21 | off | off | ADP | _ | 20 rode | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | about Cinderlad | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | turn | past | Cinderlad's six brothers | into seven foals result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into foal=Result | ||||
| 3 | ride off | past | Cinderlad's six brothers not said here | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It's about Cinderlad and his brothers, the seven foals, and their adventures in the wide world
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 Cinderlad | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 Cinderlad | cop |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 4 Cinderlad | case |
| 4 | Cinderlad | Cinderlad | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 brothers | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Cinderlad | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 foals | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 foals | det |
| 10 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 foals | nummod |
| 11 | foals | foal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Cinderlad | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 adventures | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 adventures | cc |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 adventures | nmod:poss |
| 15 | adventures | adventure | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 Cinderlad | conj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 world | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 world | det |
| 18 | wide | wide | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 world | amod |
| 19 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 adventures | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | about Cinderlad and his brothers and the seven foals and foals's adventures in the wide world | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | adventure | foals = foal | the wide world | nom adventure «act transitive»: poss=agent in=place |
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