Test 7 · ★ · Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, part 37: Jesper herds a…
The king was well sneaky, wasn't he? What's he do with the tub?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: king · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: he
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1786 «Danish Fairy Tales, Clever Jesper, part 37: Jesper herds a hundred hares and collects three strange payments» 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
Sentence 1: The king was well sneaky, wasn't he?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sneaky | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 sneaky | cop |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 sneaky | advmod |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneaky | punct |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 he | cop |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 he | advmod |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sneaky | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneaky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the king | sneaky, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not is a | past | he | tree rules |
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.
Sentence 2: What's he do with the tub?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 tub | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 tub | det |
| 7 | tub | tub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | king | with the tub; do property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Says he'll judge when it's full
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 judge | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 judge | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 judge | aux |
| 4 | judge | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 8 full | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 full | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 full | cop |
| 8 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 judge | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | present | he | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | full property | tree rules |
Option 2
Says he'll sell it when empty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 sell | advcl |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sell | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sell | aux |
| 4 | sell | sell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sell | obj |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 empty | advmod |
| 7 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sell | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | he not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sell | future | he | it | empty property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 3
He says he'll judge when it's full and then give the whole thing to the queen
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 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 judge | nsubj |
| 4 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 judge | aux |
| 5 | judge | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 says | ccomp |
| 6 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 9 full | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 full | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 full | cop |
| 9 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 judge | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 give | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 give | advmod |
| 12 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 judge | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 thing | det |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 thing | amod |
| 15 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 give | obj |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 queen | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 queen | det |
| 18 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | He | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | judge | future | he | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | it | full property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | give | infinitive | he not said here | the whole thing | the queen | then | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Theme to queen=Recipient |
Option 4
Says he'll judge it himself when the tub is completely full of truths
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 judge | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 judge | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 judge | aux |
| 4 | judge | judge | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 judge | obj |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 judge | obl |
| 7 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 full | mark |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 tub | det |
| 9 | tub | tub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 full | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 full | cop |
| 11 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 12 full | advmod |
| 12 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 judge | advcl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 truths | case |
| 14 | truths | truth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | judge | present | he | it | himself = he obl | vn estimate-34.2-1-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Agent it=Value | |||
| 2 | is | present | the tub | of truths; completely, full property | tree rules |
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