Test 4 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Mogarzea, part 67: the shepherd boy…
lol, why'd the boy stomp on his own flute?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1816 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Mogarzea, part 67: the shepherd boy wins back Mogarzea's soul» 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 | _ | 3 why | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 lol | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 7 stomp | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stomp | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stomp | compound |
| 7 | stomp | stomp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 why | appos |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 flute | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 flute | nmod:poss |
| 10 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 flute | amod |
| 11 | flute | flute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stomp | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
he wanted the elves to think it was broken so they'd come close
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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 elves | det |
| 4 | elves | elf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 think | mark |
| 6 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 broken | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 broken | aux:pass |
| 9 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 think | ccomp |
| 10 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 come | advmod |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 come | nsubj |
| 12 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 come | aux |
| 13 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | parataxis |
| 14 | close | close | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | the elves | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | the elves not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | break | past · passive | it | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 4 | come | would | elves = elf | close property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
he dropped it on purpose, sorta
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 dropped | nsubj |
| 2 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dropped | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 purpose | case |
| 5 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropped | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sorta | punct |
| 7 | sorta | sorta | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | he | it | purpose | sorta obl | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on purpose=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
he made it look like an accident
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 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | obj |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | xcomp |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 accident | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 accident | det |
| 7 | accident | accident | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | he | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | like a accident | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
he stepped on it so the elves would come out and dance for him
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 stepped | nsubj |
| 2 | stepped | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stepped | obl |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 come | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 elves | det |
| 7 | elves | elf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 come | nsubj |
| 8 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 come | aux |
| 9 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stepped | advcl |
| 10 | out | out | ADV | _ | 9 come | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 dance | cc |
| 12 | dance | dance | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 come | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 dance | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step | past | he | it | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on it=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | come out | would | the elves | out property | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | dance | infinitive | the elves not said here | for him = he | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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