Test 11 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…
lol so the maids were gonna yank the helmet off at the wedding?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maids · What happens: yank off · To what, where: helmet, wedding
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 7 yank | discourse |
| 2 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 yank | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 maids | det |
| 4 | maids | maid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 yank | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gonna | cop |
| 6 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 4 maids | conj |
| 7 | yank | yank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 helmet | det |
| 9 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yank | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 yank | compound:prt |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 wedding | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 wedding | det |
| 13 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 yank | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 yank | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yank off | present | the maids | the helmet | the wedding | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent helmet=Patient |
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
nah, they just wanted to take a look
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 take | mark |
| 7 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 look | det |
| 9 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 take | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | they | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | they not said here | a look | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, to do her hair in the latest style
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hair | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 style | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 style | det |
| 9 | latest | late | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 style | amod |
| 10 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | to-infinitive | her hair | the latest style | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality |
Option 3
yeah, to do her hair in the latest style so everyone at the feast could finally see her face
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 do | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 do | mark |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 see | advcl |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hair | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 style | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 style | det |
| 9 | latest | late | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 style | amod |
| 10 | style | style | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 18 see | advmod |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 18 see | nsubj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 feast | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 feast | det |
| 15 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 everyone | nmod |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 see | aux |
| 17 | finally | finally | ADV | _ | 18 see | advmod |
| 18 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 face | nmod:poss |
| 20 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | to-infinitive | everyone not said here | her hair | the latest style | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | see | could | everyone | her face | finally property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus |
Option 4
yeah, to fix her hair for the photos
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 fix | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fix | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 fix | mark |
| 4 | fix | fix | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 hair | nmod:poss |
| 6 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fix | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 photos | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 photos | det |
| 9 | photos | photo | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fix | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | to-infinitive | her hair | for the photos | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent hair=Product for photo=Beneficiary |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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