Test 7 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the K…
Why'd the eldest bro chase off the old folk, geez?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1642 «Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the King's Daughter, part 31: three ships, a hermit and two strange helpers» 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 | 6 chase | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 chase | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chase | det |
| 4 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 chase | amod |
| 5 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | compound |
| 6 | chase | chase | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 folk | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 folk | det |
| 9 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 folk | amod |
| 10 | folk | folk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 geez | punct |
| 12 | geez | geez | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 folk | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 chase | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He was harsh and thought they were useless
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 harsh | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | cop |
| 3 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 thought | cc |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | conj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 useless | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 useless | cop |
| 8 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | harsh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | He not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | they | useless property | tree rules |
Option 2
He was harsh and thought they were useless and wanted them gone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 harsh | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | cop |
| 3 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 thought | cc |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | conj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 useless | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 useless | cop |
| 8 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 wanted | cc |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | conj |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wanted | obj |
| 12 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | harsh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | He not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | they | useless property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | want | past | He not said here | them = they | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | go not said to happen | participle | them = they not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He was harsh and thought they were useless for building his ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 harsh | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | cop |
| 3 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 thought | cc |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | conj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 useless | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 useless | cop |
| 8 | useless | useless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | ccomp |
| 9 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 building | mark |
| 10 | building | build | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 useless | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 ship | nmod:poss |
| 12 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 building | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | harsh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | He not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | they | useless property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | build | gerund | they not said here | his ship | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ship=Product |
Option 4
He was harsh and thought they were too slow to help the ship
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 harsh | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | cop |
| 3 | harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 thought | cc |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 harsh | conj |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 slow | nsubj |
| 7 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 slow | cop |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 slow | advmod |
| 9 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thought | ccomp |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 help | mark |
| 11 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 slow | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ship | det |
| 13 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | harsh property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | He not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | they | slow property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | help | to-infinitive | they not said here | the ship | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Beneficiary |
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