Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king…
Wait, the reward was real? Did any guy actually get paid?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, reward · What happens: wait, be, do, pay · To what, where: guy
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1621 «Fairy Tales, The Princess in the Chest, part 10: the king breaks his word, the princess dies, and the sentinels vanish one by one» 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
Sentence 1: Wait, the reward was real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 real | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 reward | det |
| 4 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 real | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 real | cop |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | the reward | real 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.
Sentence 2: Did any guy actually get paid?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 guy | det |
| 3 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 paid | advmod |
| 5 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 paid | aux:pass |
| 6 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 guy | acl:relcl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | any guy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | pay | infinitive · passive | any guy not said here | actually property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP» |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, they vanished before getting paid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 vanished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 vanished | nsubj |
| 4 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 getting | mark |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 vanished | advcl |
| 7 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 getting | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | they | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | they not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | pay | participle | they not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, they all vanished in the chapel before the king's steward could ever count out the payment
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 vanished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 vanished | nsubj |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 vanished | advmod |
| 5 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 chapel | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 chapel | det |
| 8 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vanished | obl |
| 9 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 16 count | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 steward | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 king | case |
| 13 | steward | steward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 count | nsubj |
| 14 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 count | aux |
| 15 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 16 count | advmod |
| 16 | count | count | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 vanished | advcl |
| 17 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 count | compound:prt |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 payment | det |
| 19 | payment | payment | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 count | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | they | the chapel | all property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | count out | could | the king's steward | the payment | ever | vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent payment=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, each got paid in full coin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 paid | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 paid | aux:pass |
| 5 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 coin | case |
| 7 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 coin | amod |
| 8 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay | past · passive | each | full coin | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
Option 4
Nah, they vanished before getting paid, so the reward was never handed over
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 vanished | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 vanished | nsubj |
| 4 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 getting | mark |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 vanished | advcl |
| 7 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 getting | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 handed | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 handed | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 reward | det |
| 11 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 handed | nsubj:pass |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 handed | aux:pass |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 handed | advmod |
| 14 | handed | hand | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 vanished | conj |
| 15 | over | over | ADV | _ | 14 handed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | they | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | they not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | pay | participle | they not said here | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | not hand over | past · passive | the reward | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
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