Test 2 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince es…
Wait, the princess turned the horse into a pool, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, princess · What happens: wait, turn, innit · To what, where: horse, pool
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1813 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Prince and the Doves: the prince escapes his father's trap, forgets his bride, and wins her back» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 pool | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pool | det |
| 10 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 innit | punct |
| 12 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | turn | past | the princess | the horse | a pool | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into pool=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | innit | infinitive | you not said here | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she turned the horse into a stone statue by the palace gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 statue | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 statue | det |
| 9 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 statue | compound |
| 10 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 gate | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 gate | det |
| 13 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 gate | compound |
| 14 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | she | the horse | a stone statue | by the palace gate | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.agent V NP.theme PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into statue=Source by gate=Trajectory |
Option 2
Yeah, she turned the horse into a deep pool of water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 turned | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 turned | nsubj |
| 4 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 horse | det |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 pool | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pool | det |
| 9 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 pool | amod |
| 10 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 turned | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 water | case |
| 12 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pool | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | she | the horse | a deep pool of water | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent horse=Theme into pool=Trajectory |
Option 3
Yeah, a small lake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 lake | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 lake | det |
| 4 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 lake | amod |
| 5 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a deep pool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 pool | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pool | det |
| 4 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pool | amod |
| 5 | pool | pool | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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