Test 6 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…
why no lamps in the town, fam?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 lamps | det |
| 3 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 why | nsubj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 town | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 town | det |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lamps | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fam | punct |
| 8 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 town | conj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The princess glows so everyone can see
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glows | nsubj |
| 3 | glows | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 see | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 glows | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | the princess | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | see | can | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The princess lights the whole town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lights | nsubj |
| 3 | lights | light | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 town | det |
| 5 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 town | amod |
| 6 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lights | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light | present | the princess | the whole town | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent town=Product |
Option 3
Her light lets folks see at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 light | nmod:poss |
| 2 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | folks | folk | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 see | nsubj |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lets | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | Her light | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | infinitive | folks | night | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | light | Her = she | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The princess glows so everyone can see, so lamps would be pointless and dangerous
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 glows | nsubj |
| 3 | glows | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 see | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 glows | advcl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 pointless | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 pointless | advmod |
| 10 | lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 pointless | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 pointless | aux |
| 12 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 13 pointless | cop |
| 13 | pointless | pointless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 glows | parataxis |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 dangerous | cc |
| 15 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 pointless | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glow | present | the princess | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | see | can | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | is | would | lamps | pointless property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | be | lamps not said here | tree rules |
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