Test 11 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…
did the Genius of the tree just like shout at them or what
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Genius · What happens: shout
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1826 «Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab tricks the crane, then Laili jumps into a fish» 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 | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 shout | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Genius | det |
| 3 | Genius | Genius | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 shout | nsubj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Genius | nmod |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 9 shout | advmod |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 shout | case |
| 9 | shout | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 them | case |
| 11 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 shout | obl |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 what | cc |
| 13 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 shout | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past · do-support | the Genius of the tree | at them = they | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
nah he sang a verse in a nice voice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 sang | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sang | nsubj |
| 3 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 verse | det |
| 5 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sang | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 voice | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 8 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sang | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | he | a verse | a nice voice | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme |
Option 2
nah he sat and watched quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 sat | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sat | nsubj |
| 3 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 watched | cc |
| 5 | watched | watch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sat | conj |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 5 watched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | he | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | watch | past | he not said here | quietly property | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
nah he sang a verse in a nice voice, praising the crab and the crane both
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 sang | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sang | nsubj |
| 3 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 verse | det |
| 5 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sang | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 voice | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 8 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sang | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 praising | punct |
| 11 | praising | praise | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 sang | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 crab | det |
| 13 | crab | crab | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 praising | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 crane | cc |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 crane | det |
| 16 | crane | crane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crab | conj |
| 17 | both | both | ADV | _ | 11 praising | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | he | a verse | a nice voice | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme | |||
| 2 | praise | gerund | he not said here | the crab and the crane | both property | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crab=Theme |
Option 4
nah he sang a verse in a nice voice and then flew off into the sky
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 sang | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sang | nsubj |
| 3 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 verse | det |
| 5 | verse | verse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sang | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 voice | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 voice | det |
| 8 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 voice | amod |
| 9 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sang | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 flew | cc |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 flew | advmod |
| 12 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 sang | conj |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 flew | compound:prt |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 sky | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 sky | det |
| 16 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | past | he | a verse | a nice voice | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location verse=Theme | |||
| 2 | fly off | past | he not said here | then | into the sky result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into sky=Result |
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