Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Gangazara, part 15: the goldsmith betr…
did the king just fall over when he saw him?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: do, fall over, see · To what, where: king, him
This is test 7 · ★ 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 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 fall | advmod |
| 5 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 did | advcl |
| 6 | over | over | ADV | _ | 5 fall | advmod |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 saw | advmod |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | nsubj |
| 9 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 fall | advcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 saw | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | fall over | present | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | past | king | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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
lol yeah, the guy looked so royal that the whole court bowed to him too
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 looked | discourse |
| 2 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 looked | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 looked | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guy | det |
| 5 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 royal | advmod |
| 8 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 looked | xcomp |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 13 bowed | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 court | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 court | amod |
| 12 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bowed | nsubj |
| 13 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 royal | advcl |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 bowed | obl |
| 16 | too | too | ADV | _ | 13 bowed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the guy | royal property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | bow | past | the whole court | guy | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
nah, the king stayed standing, and the guards were the ones who fell over
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 stayed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stayed | nsubj |
| 5 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stayed | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 ones | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 ones | cc |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 guards | det |
| 10 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 ones | nsubj |
| 11 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ones | cop |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 ones | det |
| 13 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stayed | obl |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 fell | nsubj |
| 15 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 ones | acl:relcl |
| 16 | over | over | ADV | _ | 15 fell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | the king | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | stand | gerund | the king not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | the guards | the ones | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | fall over | past | the ones | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
nah, he just stood there calmly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 stood | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 stood | advmod |
| 5 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 stood | advmod |
| 7 | calmly | calmly | ADV | _ | 5 stood | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | he | there | calmly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
lol yeah, the guy looked so royal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 6 looked | discourse |
| 2 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 looked | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 looked | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 guy | det |
| 5 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 looked | nsubj |
| 6 | looked | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 royal | advmod |
| 8 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 looked | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | past | the guy | royal property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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