Test 6 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Mogarzea, part 67: the shepherd boy…
wait, where'd the elves say the soul was?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, elves, soul · What happens: wait, say, be · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 say | punct |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 say | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 elves | det |
| 6 | elves | elf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 soul | det |
| 9 | soul | soul | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 was | nsubj |
| 10 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 say | ccomp |
| 11 | ? | ? | 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 | say speech: assert | would | the elves | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | be | past | the soul | vn exist-47.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice
in a glass jar on the high windowsill of the tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 jar | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 jar | det |
| 3 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jar | compound |
| 4 | jar | jar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 windowsill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 windowsill | det |
| 7 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 windowsill | amod |
| 8 | windowsill | windowsill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jar | nmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 tower | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 tower | det |
| 11 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 windowsill | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
in a bottle on the window sill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 bottle | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bottle | det |
| 3 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 sill | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sill | det |
| 6 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sill | compound |
| 7 | sill | sill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bottle | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
locked in a silver box under the palace floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | locked | lock | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 box | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 box | det |
| 4 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 box | compound |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 locked | obl |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 floor | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 floor | compound |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 box | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lock | participle | a silver box under the palace floor | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
hidden in the old oak chest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chest | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 chest | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 chest | amod |
| 5 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chest | compound |
| 6 | chest | chest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | the old oak chest | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in chest=Location |
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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