Test 11 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is t…
Did the King notice his wife had changed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: do, change · To what, where: King notice
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1712 «Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck» 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 | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 notice | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 notice | compound |
| 4 | notice | notice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 wife | nmod:poss |
| 6 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 changed | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 changed | aux |
| 8 | changed | change | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 notice | acl:relcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the King notice | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | change | past · perfect | his wife | the King notice not said here | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent notice=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he noticed but said nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 noticed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 noticed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 noticed | nsubj |
| 4 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 said | cc |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 noticed | conj |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 said | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | notice | past | he | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | he not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 2
Nah, he kissed her and thought she was fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kissed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kissed | nsubj |
| 4 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kissed | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 thought | cc |
| 7 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kissed | conj |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 fine | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 fine | cop |
| 10 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | past | he | her = she | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | past | he not said here | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | past | she | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he hugged the witch and didn't know
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 hugged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hugged | nsubj |
| 4 | hugged | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hugged | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 know | cc |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 know | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 know | advmod |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hugged | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | past | he | the witch | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | not know | past · do-support | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nah, he hugged the witch and didn't know, though the servants all noticed the change
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 hugged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hugged | nsubj |
| 4 | hugged | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hugged | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 know | cc |
| 8 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 know | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 know | advmod |
| 10 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hugged | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 noticed | punct |
| 12 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 16 noticed | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 servants | det |
| 14 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 noticed | nsubj |
| 15 | all | all | ADV | _ | 16 noticed | advmod |
| 16 | noticed | notice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hugged | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 change | det |
| 18 | change | change | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 noticed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hug | past | he | the witch | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent witch=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | not know | past · do-support | he not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | notice | past | the servants | the change | all property | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer change=Stimulus |
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