Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princes…
So the lion had to die to free the prince, yeah? How?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lion · What happens: have, die
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1646 «Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Lion: the girl cuts the princess's hair and frees the prince» 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: So the lion had to die to free the prince, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 had | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 lion | det |
| 3 | lion | lion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 die | mark |
| 6 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 had | xcomp |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 free | mark |
| 8 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 die | xcomp |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 free | nsubj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the lion | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | die | to-infinitive | the lion not said here | free property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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: How?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 How | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She tricked him into the fire and cooked him slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tricked | nsubj |
| 2 | tricked | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tricked | obj |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 fire | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fire | det |
| 6 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tricked | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cooked | cc |
| 8 | cooked | cook | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 tricked | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 cooked | obj |
| 10 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 8 cooked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | past | She | him = he | into the fire result | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient into fire=Result | |||
| 2 | cook | past | She not said here | him = he | slowly property | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2
She stabbed him and buried him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stabbed | nsubj |
| 2 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stabbed | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 buried | cc |
| 5 | buried | bury | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 stabbed | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 buried | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stab | past | She | him = he | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient | ||||
| 2 | bury | past | She not said here | him = he | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
She killed him, burnt him, threw the ashes in water, and then wept by the river for three days
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 killed | nsubj |
| 2 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 killed | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 burnt | punct |
| 5 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 killed | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 burnt | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 threw | punct |
| 8 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 burnt | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ashes | det |
| 10 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 threw | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 threw | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 wept | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 wept | cc |
| 15 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 wept | advmod |
| 16 | wept | weep | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 killed | conj |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 river | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 river | det |
| 19 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wept | obl |
| 20 | for | for | ADP | _ | 22 days | case |
| 21 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 22 days | nummod |
| 22 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 wept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past | She | him = he | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | burnt | past | She not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | throw | past | She not said here | the ashes | water | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ash=Theme in water=Destination | |||
| 4 | weep | participle | She not said here | then; day | by the river | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She killed him, burnt him, and threw the ashes in water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 killed | nsubj |
| 2 | killed | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 killed | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 burnt | punct |
| 5 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 killed | conj |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 burnt | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 threw | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 threw | cc |
| 9 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 killed | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ashes | det |
| 11 | ashes | ash | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 threw | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 water | case |
| 13 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 threw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | past | She | him = he | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | burnt | past | She not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | throw | past | She not said here | the ashes | water | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent ash=Theme in water=Destination |
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