Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in…
Did the king get any grub while he was lost, innit?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get, lose, innit · To what, where: king
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 king | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 grub | det |
| 6 | grub | grub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 lost | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 lost | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 lost | aux:pass |
| 10 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 innit | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lost | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the king | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer grub=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | lose | past · passive | king | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | innit | infinitive | 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
Nah, he was full up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 full | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 full | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | full property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he ate some bread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 ate | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 ate | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ate | nsubj |
| 4 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 bread | det |
| 6 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 ate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | past | he | some bread | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, he got some berries but he were still starving till the old lady showed up
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 showed | parataxis |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 berries | det |
| 6 | berries | berry | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 starving | cc |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 starving | nsubj |
| 9 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 starving | aux |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 11 starving | advmod |
| 11 | starving | starve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 got | conj |
| 12 | till | till | ADP | _ | 15 lady | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lady | det |
| 14 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 lady | amod |
| 15 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 starving | obl |
| 16 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 17 | up | up | ADP | _ | 16 showed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | some berries | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer berry=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | starve | past · progressive | he | till the old lady; still | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | show up | past | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he were starving till the old lady
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 starving | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 starving | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 starving | aux |
| 5 | starving | starve | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | till | till | ADP | _ | 9 lady | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lady | det |
| 8 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 lady | amod |
| 9 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starving | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | starve | past · progressive | he | till the old lady | 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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