Test 7 · ★ · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…
Wait, the Prince was chained up for how long? Gutted for him, like
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, chain up, gut · To what, where: Prince
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1682 «pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chained in a cave» 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
Sentence 1: Wait, the Prince was chained up for how long?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 chained | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chained | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chained | aux:pass |
| 6 | chained | chain | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 chained | compound:prt |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 long | case |
| 9 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 long | advmod |
| 10 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 chained | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | 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 | chain up | past · passive | the Prince | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: Gutted for him, like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Gutted | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gutted | punct |
| 5 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 1 Gutted | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | participle | for Prince | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Seven years, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 years | nummod |
| 2 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mate | punct |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 years | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nearly six years, mate, that's rough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 3 years | advmod |
| 2 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rough | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mate | punct |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 years | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 rough | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 rough | cop |
| 9 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | that | year | rough property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nearly seven years, mate, that's a long stretch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 3 years | advmod |
| 2 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mate | punct |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stretch | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 stretch | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 stretch | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 stretch | det |
| 10 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stretch | amod |
| 11 | stretch | stretch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | that | a long stretch | tree rules |
Option 4
About five years, mate, that's rough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | About | about | ADV | _ | 2 five | advmod |
| 2 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 years | nummod |
| 3 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 rough | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 mate | punct |
| 5 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 years | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 years | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 rough | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 rough | cop |
| 9 | rough | rough | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | five years and mate | rough property | tree rules |
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