Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins he…
Mate, what did the king give the prince on the bed journey?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, give · To what, where: king, prince, bed journey
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1820 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Princess Labam: the prince wins her with ants, tigers, a flying bed and a hair» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Mate | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 prince | det |
| 9 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obj |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 journey | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 journey | det |
| 12 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 journey | compound |
| 13 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 give | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Mate | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | give | present | Mate | the prince | the bed journey | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent prince=Theme on journey=Asset |
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
no gift yet; he beat the drum for hours
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 3 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 2 gift | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 6 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 drum | det |
| 8 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 hours | case |
| 10 | hours | hour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 beat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | no gift | the drum | hour | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
no gift yet; he beat the drum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 gift | det |
| 2 | gift | gift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 3 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 2 gift | advmod |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 beat | punct |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 beat | nsubj |
| 6 | beat | beat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 drum | det |
| 8 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beat | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | no gift | the drum | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location drum=Theme |
Option 3
a silver cup and some grain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cup | det |
| 2 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | compound |
| 3 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 grain | cc |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 grain | det |
| 6 | grain | grain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cup | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
nothing, he just went home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 went | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nothing | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 went | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | home | home | ADV | _ | 5 went | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | nothing vocative; home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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