Test 6 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry…
Wait, so the Horse and the prince grew up like brothers, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Horse · What happens: wait, grow up
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1692 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Grateful Beasts, part 1: a hungry youth is robbed of his bread and maimed by his brothers» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grew | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 grew | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Horse | det |
| 5 | Horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grew | nsubj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 prince | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 Horse | conj |
| 9 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 grew | compound:prt |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 brothers | case |
| 12 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 grew | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grew | punct |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 Wait | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | 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 | grow up | past | the Horse and the prince | like brothers | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Yeah, they were well close, like bros, and the horse helped him win every fight
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 close | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 close | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 close | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 close | cop |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 close | advmod |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bros | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bros | case |
| 9 | bros | bro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 close | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 helped | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 helped | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 horse | det |
| 13 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 helped | nsubj |
| 14 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 close | conj |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 helped | obj |
| 16 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 helped | xcomp |
| 17 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 fight | det |
| 18 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 win | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | like bros; close, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | past | the horse | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | win | infinitive | him = he not said here | every fight | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yeah, they were proper mates, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 mates | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mates | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 mates | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mates | cop |
| 5 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 mates | amod |
| 6 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 mates | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | they | proper mates and innit | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they were well close, like bros
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 close | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 close | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 close | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 close | cop |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 close | advmod |
| 6 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bros | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 bros | case |
| 9 | bros | bro | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 close | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | like bros; close, well property | tree rules |
Option 4
Nah, the Horse was his enemy and the prince had to leave the castle for good
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 enemy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Horse | det |
| 4 | Horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 enemy | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 enemy | cop |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 enemy | nmod:poss |
| 7 | enemy | enemy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 had | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 prince | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 enemy | conj |
| 11 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 leave | mark |
| 13 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 had | xcomp |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 castle | det |
| 15 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 leave | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 good | case |
| 17 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Horse | Horse's enemy and the prince | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | past | Horse's enemy and the prince | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | leave | to-infinitive | Horse's enemy and the prince not said here | the castle | for good | vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent castle=Theme for good=Recipient |
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