Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…
Wait, where'd all those stones and trees come from?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, stones · What happens: wait, come
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 come | punct |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 come | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 stones | aux |
| 5 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 stones | advmod |
| 6 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 7 stones | det |
| 7 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 come | nsubj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 trees | cc |
| 9 | trees | tree | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 stones | conj |
| 10 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 11 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 come | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | come | present | that stones and trees | vn escape-51.1-1 «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 · ✓ the right answer
Living people the Magician changed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 changed | csubj |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Living | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Magician | det |
| 4 | Magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Living | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | people | the Magician obl:unmarked | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme people=Location | ||||
| 2 | change | past | Living | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A long-lost kingdom's ancient curse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 kingdom | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lost | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 kingdom | amod |
| 5 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 curse | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 kingdom | case |
| 7 | ancient | ancient | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 curse | amod |
| 8 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | curse | a lost kingdom | nom curse «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
The old gods
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gods | det |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gods | amod |
| 3 | gods | god | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
The palace gardener's hidden spells
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 gardener | det |
| 2 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gardener | compound |
| 3 | gardener | gardener | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 spells | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 gardener | case |
| 5 | hidden | hidden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 spells | amod |
| 6 | spells | spell | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spell | the palace gardener | nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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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