Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…
did the prince actually give the goldsmith half the kingdom?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, give · To what, where: prince, kingdom, goldsmith
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1831 «Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betrays Gangazara, and the animal kings try to save him from the dungeon» 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 | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 give | advmod |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 did | advcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 goldsmith | det |
| 7 | goldsmith | goldsmith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | half | half | DET | NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind | 10 kingdom | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 kingdom | det |
| 10 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the prince | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | give | present | half kingdom | the goldsmith | actually property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent goldsmith=Recipient kingdom=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 · ← Mova's choice
nah, he gave him a few coins and sent him away from the palace
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 coins | det |
| 7 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 coins | amod |
| 8 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sent | cc |
| 10 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sent | obj |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 sent | advmod |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 palace | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palace | det |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a few coins | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient coin=Theme | |||
| 2 | send away | past | he not said here | him = he | the palace | away property | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent he=Theme from palace=Source |
Option 2
yeah, he gave it on the spot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | 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 gave | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 spot | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 spot | det |
| 8 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | it | the spot | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme on spot=Asset |
Option 3
nah, he just promised it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 promised | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 promised | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 promised | advmod |
| 5 | promised | promise | 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 promised | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | he | it | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, right after he got the crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 4 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 6 got | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 crown | det |
| 8 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | the crown | right property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus |
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