Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…
yo what did the laughing fish supposedly mean
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, laugh, mean · To what, where: laughing fish · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 mean | csubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fish | det |
| 5 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 fish | amod |
| 6 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | obj |
| 7 | supposedly | supposedly | ADV | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 8 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the laughing fish | supposedly property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | mean | present | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent |
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
it meant the king's own brother was hiring spies to watch the gates and kill the vizier's family
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 meant | nsubj |
| 2 | meant | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brother | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 king | case |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 brother | amod |
| 7 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hiring | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 hiring | aux |
| 9 | hiring | hire | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 meant | ccomp |
| 10 | spies | spy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hiring | obj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 watch | mark |
| 12 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 hiring | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 gates | det |
| 14 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 watch | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 kill | cc |
| 16 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 watch | conj |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 vizier | det |
| 18 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 family | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 vizier | case |
| 20 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 kill | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past | it | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | hire | past · progressive | the king's own brother | spies | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=Theme | ||||
| 3 | watch | to-infinitive | the king's own brother not said here | the gates | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme | ||||
| 4 | kill | infinitive | the king's own brother not said here | the vizier's family | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Theme |
Option 2
a courtier in the palace had secretly vowed to poison the king at the next royal feast
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 courtier | det |
| 2 | courtier | courtier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 vowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 palace | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 palace | det |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 courtier | nmod |
| 6 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 vowed | aux |
| 7 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 8 vowed | advmod |
| 8 | vowed | vow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 poison | mark |
| 10 | poison | poison | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 vowed | xcomp |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 poison | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 feast | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 feast | det |
| 15 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 feast | amod |
| 16 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 feast | amod |
| 17 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 poison | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vow | past · perfect · passive | a courtier in the palace | secretly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | poison not said to happen | to-infinitive | the king | the next royal feast | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
someone in the palace was plotting the king
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 plotting | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 palace | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 palace | det |
| 4 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 someone | nmod |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 plotting | aux |
| 6 | plotting | plot | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 plotting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plot | past · progressive | someone | the king | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme |
Option 4
someone in court plotted the king's death
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 plotted | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 court | case |
| 3 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 someone | nmod |
| 4 | plotted | plot | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 death | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | death | death | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plotted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plot | past | someone | the king's death | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent death=Theme | ||||
| 2 | die | the king | nom death «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
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