Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…
Lowkey, why did the prince's dad want him to stay home?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Lowkey, dad · What happens: do, want, stay · To what, where: Lowkey
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1759 «Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part 10: the prince finds a voice begging for water in the twelfth cellar» 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 | Lowkey | Lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lowkey | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 prince | case |
| 8 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 want | nsubj |
| 9 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | parataxis |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 want | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 stay | mark |
| 12 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 want | xcomp |
| 13 | home | home | ADV | _ | 12 stay | advmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Lowkey | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | want | present | the prince's dad | Lowkey | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stay not said to happen | to-infinitive | Lowkey not said here | home property | vn exist-47.1 «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 · ✓ the right answer
He tried to talk him out of the quest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 talk | mark |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tried | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 quest | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 quest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 quest | det |
| 9 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | He | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | him = he | the quest | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 2
He tried to talk him out of the quest for the apples and the maiden
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 talk | mark |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tried | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 quest | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 quest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 quest | det |
| 9 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talk | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 apples | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 apples | det |
| 12 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 quest | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 maiden | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 maiden | det |
| 15 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 apples | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | He | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | him = he | the quest for the apples and the maiden | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
He feared the witch would curse him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 witch | det |
| 4 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 curse | nsubj |
| 5 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 curse | aux |
| 6 | curse | curse | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 feared | ccomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 curse | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | curse | would | the witch | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
He tried to talk him out of the quest, since the brothers had already failed on their journey
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 tried | nsubj |
| 2 | tried | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 talk | mark |
| 4 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 tried | xcomp |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talk | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 quest | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 quest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 quest | det |
| 9 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talk | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 failed | punct |
| 11 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 16 failed | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 brothers | det |
| 13 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 failed | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 failed | aux |
| 15 | already | already | ADV | _ | 16 failed | advmod |
| 16 | failed | fail | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 tried | conj |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 journey | case |
| 18 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 journey | nmod:poss |
| 19 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 failed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past | He | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | talk not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | him = he | the quest | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Patient | |||
| 3 | fail | past · perfect · passive | the brothers | brothers's journey | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 4 | journey | brothers = brother | nom journey «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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