Test 4 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the c…
what did the smith ask for before a third shift, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: smith · What happens: ask, innit
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1623 «Grimm's Tales, Christian the Smith: the smith guards the church and frees the princess» 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 | 5 ask | obj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ask | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 smith | det |
| 4 | smith | smith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | nsubj |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 shift | case |
| 7 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 shift | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 shift | det |
| 9 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 shift | amod |
| 10 | shift | shift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 ask | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 ask | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past · do-support | the smith | for a third shift | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | the smith not said here | 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
a promise the king would pardon every sentry who ran off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 promise | det |
| 2 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pardon | nsubj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pardon | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 pardon | aux |
| 6 | pardon | pardon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 sentry | det |
| 8 | sentry | sentry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pardon | obj |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 ran | nsubj |
| 10 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sentry | acl:relcl |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 ran | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pardon | would | a promise | every sentry | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sentry=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | every sentry | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
the princess, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 innit | punct |
| 4 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 princess | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
half the kingdom, no less
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 3 kingdom | det:predet |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 kingdom | det |
| 3 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 kingdom | punct |
| 5 | no | no | ADV | _ | 6 less | advmod |
| 6 | less | less | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 kingdom | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a pot of gold coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 pot | det |
| 2 | pot | pot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 coins | case |
| 4 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 coins | compound |
| 5 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pot | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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