Test 7 · ★ · Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of t…
That's so random, what did the master suggest for his secret?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: That, master · What happens: be, suggest
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1758 «Tales of pg641, The Three Princes and The Goat's Ears of the Emperor Trojan, part 9: the witch's rod, the brothers freed, a barber's secret» 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 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 random | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 random | cop |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 random | advmod |
| 4 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 suggest | punct |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 suggest | obj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 suggest | aux |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 master | det |
| 9 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 suggest | nsubj |
| 10 | suggest | suggest | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 random | parataxis |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 secret | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 secret | nmod:poss |
| 13 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 suggest | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 random | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | random property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | suggest speech: suggest | past · do-support | the master | for master's secret | vn say-37.7-1-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
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 right answer
dig a hole and whisper into it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | dig | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 hole | det |
| 3 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 dig | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 whisper | cc |
| 5 | whisper | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 dig | conj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 whisper | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dig | imperative | you not said here | a hole | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hole=Theme | ||||
| 2 | whisper speech: assert | present | you not said here | hole | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into it=Recipient |
Option 2
write it on a stone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | write | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 write | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 stone | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 stone | det |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 write | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | imperative | you not said here | it | a stone | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on stone=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
tell the wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wind | det |
| 3 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the wind | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent wind=Recipient |
Option 4
carve it into an old oak tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve | carve | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 carve | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 tree | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tree | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tree | amod |
| 6 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tree | compound |
| 7 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 carve | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carve | imperative | you not said here | it | a old oak tree | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent it=Material into tree=Product |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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