Test 3 · ★ · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…
bro, why did she even open that chest, she was told not to, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: open, not tell · To what, where: chest · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 open | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 open | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 open | aux |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 open | nsubj |
| 6 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 open | advmod |
| 7 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 bro | acl:relcl |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 told | mark |
| 9 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 told | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chest | punct |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 told | nsubj |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 told | aux:pass |
| 13 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 right | advcl |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 told | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 not | fixed |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 told | punct |
| 17 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 open | discourse |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 bro | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | past · do-support | she | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not tell speech: assert | past · passive | chest | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
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, the old dame warned her not to touch the key or the chest or the room at all
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 warned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 warned | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dame | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dame | amod |
| 5 | dame | dame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 warned | nsubj |
| 6 | warned | warn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 warned | obj |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 touch | advmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 touch | mark |
| 10 | touch | touch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 warned | ccomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 key | det |
| 12 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 touch | obj |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 chest | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 chest | det |
| 15 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 key | conj |
| 16 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 room | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 room | det |
| 18 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 key | conj |
| 19 | at | at | ADP | _ | 20 all | case |
| 20 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 touch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | past | the old dame | her = she | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | not touch | to-infinitive | the key or the chest or the room | all | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme key=Co-Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yep, the old dame said don't touch that key
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dame | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dame | amod |
| 5 | dame | dame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 9 touch | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 touch | advmod |
| 9 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 said | ccomp |
| 10 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 key | det |
| 11 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 touch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the old dame | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not touch | infinitive · do-support | that key | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme key=Co-Theme |
Option 3
she just wanted to look inside it
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 | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 wanted | advmod |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 look | mark |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | inside it | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent inside it=Theme |
Option 4
nah, the old dame said it was fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dame | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 dame | amod |
| 5 | dame | dame | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | expl |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the old dame | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | past | fine property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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