Test 1 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…
Wait, the Prince actually ripped the parrot's wings off? That's proper savage, mate.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Prince, That · What happens: wait, rip off, be · To what, where: wings, proper savage
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1824 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic Fiddle: the Prince wins his parrot, Punchkin dies, and a greedy Brahman and a jealous sister-in-law are introduced» 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
Sentence 1: Wait, the Prince actually ripped the parrot's wings off?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 ripped | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 ripped | nsubj |
| 5 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 6 ripped | advmod |
| 6 | ripped | rip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 parrot | det |
| 8 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wings | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 parrot | case |
| 10 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ripped | obj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 ripped | compound:prt |
| 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 | rip off | past | the Prince | the parrot's wings | actually property | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wing=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: That's proper savage, mate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 savage | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 savage | cop |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 savage | amod |
| 4 | savage | savage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 mate | punct |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 savage | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 savage | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | proper savage and mate | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he kept the parrot in a cage and fed it seeds every day, mate
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 parrot | det |
| 6 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cage | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 cage | det |
| 9 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fed | cc |
| 11 | fed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 fed | obj |
| 13 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 fed | obj |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 day | det |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fed | obl:unmarked |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mate | punct |
| 17 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 day | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | the parrot | a cage | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent parrot=Theme in cage=Location | |||
| 2 | feed | past | he not said here | parrot | day | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient seed=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, and then he snapped its neck, sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 snapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 snapped | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 snapped | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 snapped | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 snapped | nsubj |
| 6 | snapped | snap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 neck | nmod:poss |
| 8 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snapped | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sick | punct |
| 10 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 snapped | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snap | past | he | its neck | then | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location neck=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, he just fed it some seeds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 fed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 fed | advmod |
| 5 | fed | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fed | obj |
| 7 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 8 seeds | det |
| 8 | seeds | seed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 fed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | past | he | it | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient seed=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, and then he cut its wings off again, sick, proper mental, bro
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 cut | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cut | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 cut | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 cut | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cut | nsubj |
| 6 | cut | cut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 wings | nmod:poss |
| 8 | wings | wing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cut | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 cut | compound:prt |
| 10 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 cut | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 sick | punct |
| 12 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 cut | parataxis |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mental | punct |
| 14 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 mental | amod |
| 15 | mental | mental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 sick | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 bro | punct |
| 17 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sick | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut off | past | he | its wings | then; again | vn stop-55.4-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector wing=Eventuality |
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