Test 9 · ★ · pg640 tales, The Magic Ring: the Prince is caught and chai…
Did the old magician find him in the end, bruv?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old magician · What happens: find · To what, where: him, end
This is test 9 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 magician | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 magician | amod |
| 4 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | nsubj |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 find | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bruv | punct |
| 11 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 end | conj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past · do-support | the old magician | him = he | in the end and bruv | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he sorted the chains with magic, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sorted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sorted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sorted | nsubj |
| 4 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chains | det |
| 6 | chains | chain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sorted | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 magic | case |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sorted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 magic | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sort | past | he | the chains | with magic and mate | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chain=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he tracked him down and broke the chains with a bit of proper old magic, mate
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 tracked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tracked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tracked | nsubj |
| 4 | tracked | track | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tracked | obj |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 tracked | compound:prt |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 broke | cc |
| 8 | broke | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 tracked | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 chains | det |
| 10 | chains | chain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 broke | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 bit | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bit | det |
| 13 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 broke | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 17 magic | case |
| 15 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 magic | amod |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 magic | amod |
| 17 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bit | nmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 mate | punct |
| 19 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | track down | past | he | him = he | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | break | past | he not said here | the chains | with a bit of proper old magic and mate | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent chain=Patient with bit=Instrument |
Option 3
Nah, he gave up looking after a while and the Prince rescued himself, mate, in the end
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 gave | compound:prt |
| 6 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 gave | advcl |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 while | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 while | det |
| 9 | while | while | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looking | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 rescued | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Prince | det |
| 12 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 rescued | nsubj |
| 13 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 14 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 13 rescued | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 mate | punct |
| 16 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rescued | vocative |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 end | punct |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 end | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 end | det |
| 20 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 rescued | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | he | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | look | gerund | he not said here | while | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | rescue | past | the Prince | Prince | in the end | mate vocative | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, he found him in the cave, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 found | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cave | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cave | det |
| 8 | cave | cave | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bruv | punct |
| 10 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | he | him = he | the cave and bruv | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
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