Test 4 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, the Broken Pot and the Magic…
Did the Prince only kill that serpent with a stick?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: do, kill · To what, where: serpent
This is test 4 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 kill | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 kill | advmod |
| 5 | kill | kill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | ccomp |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 serpent | det |
| 7 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kill | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 stick | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 stick | det |
| 10 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kill | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | kill | present | the Prince | that serpent | with a stick | vn murder-42.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent serpent=Patient with stick=Instrument |
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
Nah, he stabbed it with a spear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 stabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stabbed | nsubj |
| 4 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stabbed | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 spear | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 spear | det |
| 8 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stabbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stab | past | he | it | with a spear | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with spear=Instrument |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he drew his sword and sliced the serpent clean in half at the neck
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 drew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 drew | nsubj |
| 4 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sword | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drew | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sliced | cc |
| 8 | sliced | slice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 drew | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 serpent | det |
| 10 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sliced | obj |
| 11 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sliced | xcomp |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 half | case |
| 13 | half | half | NOUN | Number=Sing NumForm=Word NumType=Frac | 8 sliced | obl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 neck | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 neck | det |
| 16 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sliced | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | he | his sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slice | past | he not said here | the serpent | half | at the neck; clean property | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent serpent=Patient in half=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he drew his sword and sliced it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 drew | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 drew | nsubj |
| 4 | drew | draw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sword | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drew | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 sliced | cc |
| 8 | sliced | slice | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 drew | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sliced | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | draw | past | he | his sword | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme | ||||
| 2 | slice | past | he not said here | sword | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Yeah, he just beat it with a branch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 beat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 beat | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 beat | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 beat | advmod |
| 5 | beat | beat | 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 beat | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 branch | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 branch | det |
| 9 | branch | branch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past | he | it | with a branch | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with branch=Instrument |
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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