Test 7 · ★ · Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the…
How did the emperor end up as a pile of cinders?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: emperor · What happens: do, end up · To what, where: emperor
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1809 «Sept Contes Roumains, Fet-Fruners, the holy water and the emperor's end» 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 did | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 emperor | acl:relcl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 end | compound:prt |
| 7 | as | as | ADP | _ | 9 pile | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 pile | det |
| 9 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 cinders | case |
| 11 | cinders | cinder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 pile | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the emperor | as a pile of cinders | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | end up | present | the emperor not said here | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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
the nun cast a spell on him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 nun | det |
| 2 | nun | nun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cast | nsubj |
| 3 | cast | cast | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 spell | det |
| 5 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cast | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cast | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cast | past | the nun | a spell | on him = he | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent spell=Theme on he=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the horse blew a fiery wind on him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | nsubj |
| 3 | blew | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wind | det |
| 5 | fiery | fiery | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wind | amod |
| 6 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blew | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 blew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | past | the horse | a fiery wind | on him = he | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wind=Patient |
Option 3
the emperor's own guards set fire to his palace while he slept in the tower
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 guards | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 emperor | case |
| 4 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 guards | amod |
| 5 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 set | nsubj |
| 6 | set | set | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 set | obj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 palace | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 palace | nmod:poss |
| 10 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 set | obl |
| 11 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 13 slept | mark |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 slept | nsubj |
| 13 | slept | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 set | advcl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 tower | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tower | det |
| 16 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 slept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | present | the emperor's own guards | fire | to his palace | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient fire=Result | |||
| 2 | sleep | past | he | the tower | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in tower=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
the horse kicked him in the head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 horse | det |
| 2 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kicked | nsubj |
| 3 | kicked | kick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 kicked | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 head | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 head | det |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kicked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | past | the horse | him = he | the head | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Patient in head=Location |
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