Test 2 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman…
test: no way the maid just flopped at his feet, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maid · What happens: flop · To what, where: way, feet
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1833 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Charmed Ring, part 17: Harisarman fools the king with a lucky guess, and a kind young man buys a dog, a cat and a snake» 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 | test | test | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 way | punct |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 way | det |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 test | appos |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 maid | det |
| 6 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flopped | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 flopped | advmod |
| 8 | flopped | flop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 way | acl:relcl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 feet | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 feet | nmod:poss |
| 11 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 flopped | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 test | punct |
| 13 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 1 test | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 test | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flop | past | the maid | no way not said here | maid's feet | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent way=Theme at foot=Destination |
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
yeah, she thought he'd busted her so she bowed low and begged
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 busted | nsubj |
| 6 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 busted | aux |
| 7 | busted | bust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 busted | obj |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 bowed | advmod |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 bowed | nsubj |
| 11 | bowed | bow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 busted | advcl |
| 12 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 bowed | xcomp |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 begged | cc |
| 14 | begged | beg | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 7 busted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bust | past · perfect | he | her = she | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient | ||||
| 3 | bow | past | she | low property | vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | beg speech: request | participle | he not said here | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
nah, she was just clumsy, dude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 clumsy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 clumsy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 clumsy | cop |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 clumsy | advmod |
| 6 | clumsy | clumsy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 dude | punct |
| 8 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 clumsy | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | dude vocative; clumsy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, she thought he'd busted her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 busted | nsubj |
| 6 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 busted | aux |
| 7 | busted | bust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 busted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bust | past · perfect | he | her = she | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 4
yeah, she thought he'd busted her stealing and ran straight to the minister for help
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 thought | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 busted | nsubj |
| 6 | 'd | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 busted | aux |
| 7 | busted | bust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 stealing | nmod:poss |
| 9 | stealing | stealing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 busted | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 ran | cc |
| 11 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 thought | conj |
| 12 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 15 minister | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 minister | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 minister | det |
| 15 | minister | minister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ran | obl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 help | case |
| 17 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | she | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | bust | past · perfect | he | her stealing | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stealing=Patient | ||||
| 3 | run | past | she not said here | to the minister result; for help | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to minister=Result | ||||
| 4 | steal | her = she | nom stealing «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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