Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…
who had to keep the sheep at the end?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: have, keep · To what, where: sheep, end
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 2 had | nsubj |
| 2 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 keep | mark |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 had | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sheep | det |
| 6 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | the sheep | at the end | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sheep=Theme at end=Location |
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 Iron King, after he lost the fight and surrendered his whole army to Souci
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 2 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | compound |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lost | punct |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 lost | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fight | det |
| 9 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 surrendered | cc |
| 11 | surrendered | surrender | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 lost | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 army | nmod:poss |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 army | amod |
| 14 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 surrendered | obj |
| 15 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 Souci | case |
| 16 | Souci | Souci | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 surrendered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the Iron King | the fight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | surrender | past | the Iron King not said here | King's whole army | Souci | vn contribute-13.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent army=Theme to souci=Recipient |
Option 2
The Iron King's brother, after the war
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 2 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | compound |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 brother | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 King | case |
| 5 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 war | punct |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 war | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 war | det |
| 9 | war | war | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 brother | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The Iron King, after he lost the fight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 2 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | compound |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 lost | punct |
| 5 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 7 lost | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lost | nsubj |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fight | det |
| 9 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lost | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the Iron King | the fight | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The Iron King himself, after he was defeated in the great battle near the river
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 2 | Iron | Iron | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | compound |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 3 King | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 defeated | punct |
| 6 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 9 defeated | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 defeated | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 defeated | aux:pass |
| 9 | defeated | defeat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 King | acl:relcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 battle | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 battle | det |
| 12 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 battle | amod |
| 13 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 defeated | obl |
| 14 | near | near | ADP | _ | 16 river | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 river | det |
| 16 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 battle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | defeat | past · passive | King | the great battle near the river | 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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