Test 8 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the w…
wait, why was the prime minister Ditto even called that?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prime minister · What happens: wait, be, call · To what, where: that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1659 «Lang's Fairy Book, Esben and the Witch: Esben roasts the witch, saves his brothers and goes home» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 why | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 why | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 minister | det |
| 6 | prime | prime | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 minister | amod |
| 7 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 called | nsubj |
| 8 | Ditto | Ditto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 minister | appos |
| 9 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 called | advmod |
| 10 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 why | ccomp |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 called | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | why property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | call | past | the prime minister | that | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent that=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 · ✓ the right answer
he never argued with nobody
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 argued | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 argued | advmod |
| 3 | argued | argue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 nobody | case |
| 5 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 argued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not argue speech: disagree | past | he | with nobody | vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with nobody=Co-Agent |
Option 2
he was just lazy
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 | 4 lazy | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lazy | aux |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 lazy | advmod |
| 4 | lazy | lazy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
he always agreed with everyone
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 agreed | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 agreed | advmod |
| 3 | agreed | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 agreed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | past | he | with everyone; always property | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with everyone=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
he never bothered with the king
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 bothered | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 bothered | advmod |
| 3 | bothered | bother | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 king | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bothered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bother | past | he | with the king | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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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