Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…
Bro, why did the emperor pull his sword on the poor guy?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: emperor · What happens: pull · To what, where: sword, poor guy
This is test 2 · ★ 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pull | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pull | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 pull | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pull | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 emperor | det |
| 6 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pull | nsubj |
| 7 | pull | pull | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sword | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pull | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 guy | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 guy | det |
| 12 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 guy | amod |
| 13 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pull | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 pull | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past · do-support | the emperor | emperor's sword | the poor guy | Bro vocative | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=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
To make him confess his plan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | confess | confess | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 plan | nmod:poss |
| 6 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 confess | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | him = he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | confess | infinitive | him = he not said here | his plan | vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Topic | ||||
| 3 | plan | his = he | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
To scare him into spilling everything he knew about the apples
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 scare | mark |
| 2 | scare | scare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 scare | obj |
| 4 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 5 spilling | mark |
| 5 | spilling | spill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 scare | advcl |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 spilling | obj |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 knew | nsubj |
| 8 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 everything | acl:relcl |
| 9 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 apples | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 apples | det |
| 11 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 knew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | to-infinitive | him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | spill | gerund | everything | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme | |||||
| 3 | know | past | he | about the apples | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about apple=Stimulus |
Option 3
To test his courage quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 test | mark |
| 2 | test | test | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 courage | nmod:poss |
| 4 | courage | courage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 test | obj |
| 5 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 2 test | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | test | to-infinitive | his courage | quickly property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent courage=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To scare him into spilling everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 scare | mark |
| 2 | scare | scare | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 scare | obj |
| 4 | into | into | SCONJ | _ | 5 spilling | mark |
| 5 | spilling | spill | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 scare | advcl |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 spilling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | to-infinitive | him = he | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | spill | gerund | everything | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location everything=Theme |
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