Test 13 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Prince Majnun, part 10: the crab trick…
wait, what's a Wazir anyway, is it like a teacher
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: Wazir
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Wazir | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 Wazir | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 Wazir | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 Wazir | det |
| 6 | Wazir | Wazir | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 wait | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 it | punct |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 it | cop |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 13 teacher | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 teacher | det |
| 13 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | like a teacher; anyway property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | a Wazir | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | Wazir | tree rules |
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's like a minister who helps the king with all the laws and the state
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 minister | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 minister | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 minister | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 minister | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 minister | det |
| 7 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 helps | nsubj |
| 9 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 minister | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 helps | obj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 laws | case |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 laws | det:predet |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 laws | det |
| 15 | laws | law | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 helps | obl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 state | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 state | det |
| 18 | state | state | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 laws | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | like a minister | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | present | a minister | the king | with all laws and the state | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent king=Beneficiary with law=Theme |
Option 2
yeah, he's a guard who fights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 guard | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 guard | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 guard | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 guard | det |
| 6 | guard | guard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 fights | nsubj |
| 8 | fights | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 guard | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a guard | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fight | present | a guard | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
nah, he's like a minister who helps the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 minister | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 minister | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 minister | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 minister | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 minister | det |
| 7 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 helps | nsubj |
| 9 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 minister | acl:relcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | like a minister | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | help | present | a minister | the king | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Beneficiary |
Option 4
nah, he's a cook for the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 cook | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cook | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cook | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cook | det |
| 6 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 king | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cook | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a cook | for the king | tree rules |
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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