Test 7 · ★ · Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled…
Mate, why was the King's whole plan so sneaky?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: whole plan
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1693 «Slavonic Fairy Tales, Ferko, part 17: blinded and crippled Ferko heals himself and wins the King's test» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 plan | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 plan | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 plan | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 plan | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plan | amod |
| 9 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | conj |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 sneaky | advmod |
| 11 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 plan | amod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the King's whole plan | tree rules |
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 brothers wanted Ferko to be hung on the gallows so they could steal his land
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Ferko | Ferko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 hung | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hung | aux:pass |
| 7 | hung | hang | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 gallows | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gallows | det |
| 10 | gallows | gallows | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 hung | obl |
| 11 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 14 steal | mark |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 steal | nsubj |
| 13 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 steal | aux |
| 14 | steal | steal | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 hung | advcl |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 land | nmod:poss |
| 16 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 steal | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the brothers | Ferko | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hang not said to happen | to-infinitive · passive | Ferko not said here | the gallows | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: on gallows=Location | ||||
| 3 | steal | could | brothers = brother | Ferko's land | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location land=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the King wanted the brothers to take all the gold and Ferko to leave the country forever
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 brothers | det |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wanted | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 take | mark |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 gold | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 gold | det |
| 10 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 Ferko | cc |
| 12 | Ferko | Ferko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 gold | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 leave | mark |
| 14 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 take | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 country | det |
| 16 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 leave | obj |
| 17 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the King | the brothers | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | the brothers not said here | all gold and Ferko | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme | ||||
| 3 | leave | to-infinitive | the brothers not said here | the country | forever property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent country=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
the brothers wanted Ferko to fail the palace task
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 brothers | det |
| 2 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Ferko | Ferko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fail | mark |
| 6 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 task | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 task | compound |
| 9 | task | task | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fail | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the brothers | Ferko | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fail not said to happen | to-infinitive | Ferko not said here | the palace task | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent task=Eventuality |
Option 4
the King wanted the palace built by his men
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 King | det |
| 2 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | obj |
| 6 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 palace | acl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 men | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 men | nmod:poss |
| 9 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the King | the palace | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot palace=Theme | ||||
| 2 | build | participle | the palace not said here | by King's men | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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