Test 9 · ★ · fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: t…
so the prince finished his jobs with no help, huh?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince · What happens: finish, job · To what, where: jobs
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1764 «fairy tales, The Prince in the Old Man's House, part 15: the prince is set a hay task and tricks a horse and a cow» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 finished | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 finished | nsubj |
| 4 | finished | finish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 jobs | nmod:poss |
| 6 | jobs | job | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 finished | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 help | case |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 9 help | det |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 finished | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 huh | punct |
| 11 | huh | huh | INTJ | _ | 4 finished | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 finished | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | finish | past | the prince | prince's jobs | with no help | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector job=Eventuality with help=Subeventuality | |||
| 2 | job | prince | nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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
Yeah, he said it was just his own head, and the maid only whispered a little advice
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 head | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 head | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 head | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 head | amod |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 whispered | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 whispered | cc |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 maid | det |
| 14 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 whispered | nsubj |
| 15 | only | only | ADV | _ | 16 whispered | advmod |
| 16 | whispered | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | conj |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 advice | det |
| 18 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 advice | amod |
| 19 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 whispered | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | his own head | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | whisper speech: assert | past | the maid | a little advice | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent advice=Topic |
Option 2
No, the maid helped him with the hay and the milk, and the old man never found out
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 helped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 maid | det |
| 4 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | nsubj |
| 5 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 helped | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 hay | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 hay | det |
| 9 | hay | hay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 milk | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 milk | det |
| 12 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hay | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 found | punct |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 found | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 man | det |
| 16 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 man | amod |
| 17 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 found | nsubj |
| 18 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 19 found | advmod |
| 19 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 helped | conj |
| 20 | out | out | ADP | _ | 19 found | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | the maid | him = he | with the hay and the milk | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary with hay=Theme | |||
| 2 | not find out | past | the old man | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
No, the cook helped him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 cook | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 cook | det |
| 4 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helped | nsubj |
| 5 | helped | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 helped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | past | the cook | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he said it was just his own head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 head | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 head | cop |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 head | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 head | amod |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | his own head | tree rules |
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