Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in…
Why was the king well narked on the way home?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: be, nark · To what, where: king, way
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1660 «Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in the forest and made to carry a bundle» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 narked | advmod |
| 6 | narked | nark | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 king | acl |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 way | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 narked | obl |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 way | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the king | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | nark | participle | the king not said here | the way | well property | tree rules |
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
Cos his mates took the mick out of him for losing his sword and horse to a fairy
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 took | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mick | det |
| 6 | mick | mick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | obl |
| 10 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 losing | mark |
| 11 | losing | lose | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 took | advcl |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sword | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 losing | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 horse | cc |
| 15 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sword | conj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 fairy | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 fairy | det |
| 18 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 losing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | his mates | the mick | out him = he | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent mick=Theme out he=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | lose | gerund | his mates not said here | his sword and horse | to a fairy | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Eventuality |
Option 2
Cos his mates had a right laugh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 had | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 laugh | det |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 laugh | amod |
| 7 | laugh | laugh | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | his mates | a right laugh | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent laugh=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cos his mates took the mick out of him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 took | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 mates | nmod:poss |
| 3 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 mick | det |
| 6 | mick | mick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | his mates | the mick | out him = he | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent mick=Theme out he=Initial_Location |
Option 4
Cos he got bored of the lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 got | mark |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 lot | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lot | det |
| 7 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bored | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | bored property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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