Test 10 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle…
So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah? Did they keep the stuff?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tower, robbers · What happens: get, keep · To what, where: stuff
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1854 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a clever trick, a cruel princess punished, and a happy ending» 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
Sentence 1: So the robbers' tower got smashed, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 robbers | det |
| 3 | robbers | robber | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 tower | nmod:poss |
| 4 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 3 robbers | case |
| 5 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | smashed | smashed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 got | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 got | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the robbers's tower | smashed property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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.
Sentence 2: Did they keep the stuff?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 stuff | det |
| 5 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keep | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · do-support | robbers = robber | the stuff | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stuff=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, they flattened it but gave all the loot back to the merchants
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 flattened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flattened | nsubj |
| 4 | flattened | flatten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 flattened | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 gave | cc |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 flattened | conj |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 loot | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 loot | det |
| 10 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 gave | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 merchants | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 merchants | det |
| 14 | merchants | merchant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatten | past | they | it | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | give | past | they not said here | all loot | the merchants | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent loot=Theme to merchant=Recipient |
Option 2
Yep, wrecked it and grabbed the gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 3 wrecked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | wrecked | wreck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wrecked | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 grabbed | cc |
| 6 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrecked | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gold | det |
| 8 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grabbed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wreck | past | it | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | grab | past | the gold | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme |
Option 3
Yep, flattened it, took the loot, and built a new house on the spot
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 3 flattened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | flattened | flatten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 flattened | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 took | punct |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 flattened | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 loot | det |
| 8 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 built | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 built | cc |
| 11 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 flattened | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 house | det |
| 13 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 house | amod |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 built | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 spot | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 spot | det |
| 17 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatten | past | it | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | take | past | the loot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Theme | |||||
| 3 | build | past | a new house | the spot | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent house=Theme on spot=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, flattened it and took the loot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 3 flattened | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | flattened | flatten | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 flattened | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 took | cc |
| 6 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 flattened | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 loot | det |
| 8 | loot | loot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 took | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatten | past | it | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 2 | take | past | the loot | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent loot=Theme |
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