Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a ho…
ok last one, what did the elder bro say sorry for?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: elder bro · What happens: say · To what, where: ok last one · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1650 «Fairy Book, Master and Pupil: a clever boy turns into a horse and a pole-cat ends a wizard» 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 | ok | ok | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 one | amod |
| 2 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 say | punct |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 say | obj |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 say | aux |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bro | det |
| 8 | elder | elder | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bro | amod |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 say | nsubj |
| 10 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 one | acl:relcl |
| 11 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 say | xcomp |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 sorry | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 one | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: apologize | past · do-support | the elder bro | ok last one | sorry property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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 · ✓ the right answer
the wicked blow he gave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 blow | det |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blow | amod |
| 3 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 blow | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | the wicked blow not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent blow=Theme |
Option 2
the cruel stab he made
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 stab | det |
| 2 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stab | amod |
| 3 | stab | stab | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 made | nsubj |
| 5 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stab | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | he | the cruel stab not said here | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stab=Product |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
that nasty sword swing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 swing | nsubj |
| 2 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 swing | amod |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swing | compound |
| 4 | swing | swing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
the wicked blow he gave his little brother with the sword in the forest that day
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 blow | det |
| 2 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blow | amod |
| 3 | blow | blow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brother | nmod:poss |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 brother | amod |
| 8 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | iobj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 sword | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 sword | det |
| 11 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 forest | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 forest | det |
| 14 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obl |
| 15 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 day | det |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gave | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the wicked blow | blow's little brother | the forest | day | with the sword | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Theme |
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