Test 11 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor…
So at the end, did anyone admit they saw nothing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: anyone, they · What happens: admit, see · To what, where: end, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1683 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Emperor's New Clothes: the Emperor parades in nothing» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 8 admit | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 end | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 end | det |
| 4 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 admit | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 end | punct |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 admit | aux |
| 7 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 admit | nsubj |
| 8 | admit | admit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saw | nsubj |
| 10 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 admit | ccomp |
| 11 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 10 saw | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 admit | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | admit speech: other | past · do-support | anyone | at the end | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | see | past | they | nothing | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |
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
Only the little kid, everyone else stayed quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 kid | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kid | amod |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stayed | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 everyone | punct |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 kid | conj |
| 7 | else | else | ADV | _ | 6 everyone | advmod |
| 8 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stayed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the little kid | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Only the little kid spoke up, and everyone else stayed quiet while the procession marched on
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 spoke | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kid | amod |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoke | nsubj |
| 5 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 spoke | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 stayed | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 stayed | cc |
| 9 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 stayed | nsubj |
| 10 | else | else | ADV | _ | 9 everyone | advmod |
| 11 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoke | conj |
| 12 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stayed | xcomp |
| 13 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 16 marched | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 procession | det |
| 15 | procession | procession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 marched | nsubj |
| 16 | marched | march | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 11 stayed | advcl |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 marched | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak up speech: other | past | the little kid | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stay | past | everyone | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | march on | participle | the procession | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Only the minister, the rest stayed quiet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 minister | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 minister | det |
| 3 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stayed | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 minister | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rest | det |
| 6 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stayed | nsubj |
| 7 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stayed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the rest | the minister | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Only the little kid spoke up, and the rest of the crowd stayed quiet until the child was silenced
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 spoke | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 3 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kid | amod |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spoke | nsubj |
| 5 | spoke | speak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 spoke | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 stayed | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 stayed | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rest | det |
| 10 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 stayed | nsubj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 crowd | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crowd | det |
| 13 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rest | nmod |
| 14 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spoke | conj |
| 15 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 stayed | xcomp |
| 16 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 20 silenced | mark |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 child | det |
| 18 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 silenced | nsubj:pass |
| 19 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 20 silenced | aux:pass |
| 20 | silenced | silence | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 stayed | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak up speech: other | past | the little kid | vn lecture-37.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | stay | past | the rest of the crowd | quiet property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | silence | past · passive | the child | vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: subject=Patient |
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