Test 6 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…
so Hassebu got beat up for no reason, fr?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Hassebu · What happens: get, beat up
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 3 got | advmod |
| 2 | Hassebu | Hassebu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | beat | beat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 beat | compound:prt |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 reason | case |
| 7 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 8 reason | det |
| 8 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 beat | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 fr | punct |
| 10 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 reason | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Hassebu | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | beat up | infinitive | Hassebu not said here | for no reason and fr | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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
fr, the guards mistook him for a thief
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mistook | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guards | det |
| 4 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mistook | nsubj |
| 5 | mistook | mistake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mistook | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 thief | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 thief | det |
| 9 | thief | thief | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mistook | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mistake | past | the guards | fr | for a thief | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
fr, the Vizir thought he was lying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Vizir | det |
| 4 | Vizir | Vizir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | nsubj |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lying | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lying | aux |
| 8 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | the Vizir | fr | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | lie | past · progressive | Vizir | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah, the Vizir beat him because he had insulted the Sultan's horse and refused to apologise in public
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 beat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Vizir | det |
| 4 | Vizir | Vizir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 beat | nsubj |
| 5 | beat | beat | 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 beat | obj |
| 7 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 insulted | mark |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 insulted | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 insulted | aux |
| 10 | insulted | insult | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 beat | advcl |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 Sultan | det |
| 12 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 horse | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 Sultan | case |
| 14 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 insulted | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 refused | cc |
| 16 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 beat | conj |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 apologise | mark |
| 18 | apologise | apologise | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 refused | xcomp |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 public | case |
| 20 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 apologise | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | the Vizir | him = he | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | insult | past · perfect · passive | Vizir | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer horse=Result | |||||
| 3 | refuse | past | the Vizir not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not apologise speech: apologize | to-infinitive | the Vizir not said here | public | tree rules |
Option 4
fr, the Sultan thought he was a spy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Sultan | det |
| 4 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | nsubj |
| 5 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spy | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 spy | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 spy | det |
| 9 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thought | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | the Sultan | fr | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | Sultan | a spy | tree rules |
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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