Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton…
So the King wanted to suffocate him in the bath, yeah? What a snake!
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: want, suffocate · To what, where: King, bath
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1723 «Fairy Tales from many lands, The Simpleton, the Simpleton beats the King's impossible tasks and wins the Princess» 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
Sentence 1: So the King wanted to suffocate him in the bath, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 wanted | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 suffocate | mark |
| 6 | suffocate | suffocate | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 suffocate | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 bath | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bath | det |
| 10 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 suffocate | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the King | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | suffocate not said to happen | to-infinitive | the King not said here | King | the bath | vn suffocate-40.7 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent he=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.
Sentence 2: What a snake!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | DET | PronType=Int | 3 snake | det |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 snake | det |
| 3 | snake | snake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 snake | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Nah, he cooled it with snow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 cooled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cooled | nsubj |
| 4 | cooled | cool | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cooled | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 snow | case |
| 7 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cooled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | past | he | it | with snow | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with snow=Instrument |
Option 2
Yeah, he left the door open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 left | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | obj |
| 7 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 left | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | he | the door | open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he heated it up to boiling, and then he locked the door with a big iron bar
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 heated | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heated | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heated | nsubj |
| 4 | heated | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heated | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 heated | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 boiling | case |
| 8 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heated | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 locked | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 locked | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 locked | advmod |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 locked | nsubj |
| 13 | locked | lock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 heated | conj |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 door | det |
| 15 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 locked | obj |
| 16 | with | with | ADP | _ | 20 bar | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 bar | det |
| 18 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 20 bar | amod |
| 19 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 bar | compound |
| 20 | bar | bar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 locked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat up | past | he | it | to boiling result | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to boiling=Result | |||
| 2 | lock | past | he | the door | then | with a big iron bar | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent door=Patient with bar=Instrument |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he heated it up to boiling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 heated | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 heated | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heated | nsubj |
| 4 | heated | heat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 heated | obj |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 heated | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 boiling | case |
| 8 | boiling | boiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | heat up | past | he | it | to boiling result | vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent it=Patient to boiling=Result |
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