Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nine Pea-Hens and the Golden Apples, part…
Mate, so did the emperor actually kill the apprentice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, kill · To what, where: emperor, apprentice
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 emperor | det |
| 6 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 8 kill | advmod |
| 8 | kill | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 apprentice | det |
| 10 | apprentice | apprentice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 kill | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the emperor | Mate vocative | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | kill | present | the apprentice | actually property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apprentice=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
Nope, he let him live but fired him as barber
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | nsubj |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 fired | cc |
| 8 | fired | fire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fired | obj |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 barber | case |
| 11 | barber | barber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fired | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | past | he | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fire | past | he not said here | him = he | as barber | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as barber=Attribute |
Option 2
Nope, he let him live but fired him as barber and sent him away
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 let | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | nsubj |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 let | obj |
| 6 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 fired | cc |
| 8 | fired | fire | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fired | obj |
| 10 | as | as | ADP | _ | 11 barber | case |
| 11 | barber | barber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fired | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sent | cc |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 let | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sent | obj |
| 15 | away | away | ADV | _ | 13 sent | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | past | he | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fire | past | he not said here | him = he | as barber | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme as barber=Attribute | |||
| 4 | send away | past | he not said here | barber | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Yep, he sent him to the executioner, but he later changed his mind and let him live
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 executioner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 executioner | det |
| 8 | executioner | executioner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 changed | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 changed | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 changed | nsubj |
| 12 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 13 changed | advmod |
| 13 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | conj |
| 14 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 mind | nmod:poss |
| 15 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 changed | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 let | cc |
| 17 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 changed | conj |
| 18 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 let | obj |
| 19 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | he | him = he | the executioner | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to executioner=Destination | |||
| 2 | change | past | he | his mind | late property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | |||
| 3 | let | infinitive | he not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | live | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 5 | mind | his = he | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Yep, he had him beheaded quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 beheaded | aux |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | obj |
| 6 | beheaded | behead | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 6 beheaded | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | behead | past · perfect | quickly property | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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