Test 9 · ★ · Project Gutenberg 5615, How the Hermit Helped to Win the K…
Did the hermit want anything back for helping, or nah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hermit · What happens: want back, help · To what, where: anything
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hermit | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hermit | det |
| 3 | hermit | hermit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 want | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 want | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 helping | mark |
| 8 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 want | advcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nah | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 nah | cc |
| 11 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 want | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want back | present | the hermit | anything | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme | ||||
| 2 | help | gerund | the hermit not said here | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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
Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets, plus a share of the ship
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 half | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 whatever | case |
| 5 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 half | nmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 youth | det |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 whatever | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 share | punct |
| 10 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 12 share | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 share | det |
| 12 | share | share | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 half | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 ship | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 ship | det |
| 15 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 share | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the youth | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | share | the ship | nom share «possession transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2
Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets and the whole kingdom's gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 half | punct |
| 3 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 whatever | case |
| 5 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 half | appos |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 youth | det |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whatever | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 gold | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kingdom | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 kingdom | amod |
| 12 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gold | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 kingdom | case |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | half | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets from the king's reward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 half | punct |
| 3 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 whatever | case |
| 5 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 half | appos |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 youth | det |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whatever | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 reward | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 reward | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 king | case |
| 13 | reward | reward | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | half | the king's reward | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme from reward=Destination | ||||
| 2 | reward | the king | nom reward «event transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, half of whatever the youth gets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 gets | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 half | punct |
| 3 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 8 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 whatever | case |
| 5 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 half | appos |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 youth | det |
| 7 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whatever | nsubj |
| 8 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | half | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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