Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes…
Was the Princess actually sneaky with that potsherd swap?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Princess
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1839 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Son of Seven Queens: the lad comes back to life, and the wicked witch is punished» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Princess | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Princess | det |
| 3 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sneaky | csubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 sneaky | advmod |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 swap | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 swap | det |
| 8 | potsherd | potsherd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 swap | compound |
| 9 | swap | swap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sneaky | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 sneaky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Princess | 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
Nope, she was honest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 honest | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 honest | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 honest | cop |
| 5 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | she | honest property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Totally, the King hid it in his sleeve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 5 hid | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Totally | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 hid | nsubj |
| 5 | hid | hide | 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 hid | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 sleeve | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 sleeve | nmod:poss |
| 9 | sleeve | sleeve | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | the King | it | King's sleeve | totally property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient in sleeve=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Totally, she switched it like a boss
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Totally | totally | ADV | _ | 4 switched | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 switched | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 switched | nsubj |
| 4 | switched | switch | 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 switched | obj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 boss | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 boss | det |
| 8 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 switched | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | switch | past | she | it | like a boss; totally property | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 4
Nope, the old hag swapped it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 swapped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hag | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hag | amod |
| 5 | hag | hag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 swapped | nsubj |
| 6 | swapped | swap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 swapped | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 swapped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swap back | past | the old hag | it | vn exchange-13.6.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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