Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…
Bro, why'd the Prince wear a saree?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: wear · To what, where: saree
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wear | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wear | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 wear | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 7 wear | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prince | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 wear | nsubj |
| 7 | wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 saree | det |
| 9 | saree | saree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wear | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 wear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | infinitive | the Prince | a saree | Bro vocative | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent saree=Source |
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
To trick the guards at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 trick | mark |
| 2 | trick | trick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 guards | det |
| 4 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 trick | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 trick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | to-infinitive | the guards | night | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient |
Option 2
To hide from the Magician so he could get into the tower unseen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 hide | mark |
| 2 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Magician | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Magician | det |
| 5 | Magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hide | obl |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 get | mark |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 get | nsubj |
| 8 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 get | aux |
| 9 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 hide | advcl |
| 10 | into | into | ADP | _ | 12 tower | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tower | det |
| 12 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 get | obl |
| 13 | unseen | unseen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | to-infinitive | the Magician | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from magician=Beneficiary | |||||
| 2 | get | could | he | the tower | unseen property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into tower=Destination |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
To hide from the Magician
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 hide | mark |
| 2 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 Magician | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Magician | det |
| 5 | Magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hide | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | to-infinitive | the Magician | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from magician=Beneficiary |
Option 4
To escape from the wild genii
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 escape | mark |
| 2 | escape | escape | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 genii | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 genii | det |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 genii | amod |
| 6 | genii | genii | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 escape | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | to-infinitive | the wild genii | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from genii=Initial_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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