Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess La…
Proper bizarre, but why did the parrots all bolt, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1818 «Indian Fairy Tales, How the Raja's Son won the Princess Labam, part 1: the prince disobeys his mother and sets out to find Labam» 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 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 bizarre | amod |
| 2 | bizarre | bizarre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bolt | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 did | cc |
| 5 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 did | advmod |
| 6 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 bolt | aux |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parrots | det |
| 8 | parrots | parrot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 did | obj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 bolt | det |
| 10 | bolt | bolt | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 bolt | punct |
| 12 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 10 bolt | discourse |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 bolt | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Because the parrot king called
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | ADP | ExtPos=ADP | 4 king | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 3 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | compound |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 king | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | participle | the parrot king not said here | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Because the prince shot at them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 shot | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shot | nsubj |
| 4 | shot | shoot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 them | case |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shot | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past | the prince | at them = they | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent at they=Destination |
Option 3
Because the prince had aimed his gun right at their king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 aimed | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aimed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 aimed | aux |
| 5 | aimed | aim | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 gun | nmod:poss |
| 7 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aimed | obj |
| 8 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 aimed | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 king | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 king | nmod:poss |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 aimed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | aim | past · perfect · passive | the prince | at their king; right property | tree rules |
Option 4
Because the prince had shot their king and frightened the whole flock away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 shot | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shot | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shot | aux |
| 5 | shot | shoot | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 king | nmod:poss |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shot | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 frightened | cc |
| 9 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 shot | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 flock | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 flock | amod |
| 12 | flock | flock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 frightened | obj |
| 13 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 frightened | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shoot | past · perfect · passive | the prince | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination king=Theme | |||||
| 2 | frighten | past | the whole flock | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus flock=Experiencer |
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