Test 13 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle…
Wait, how did the prince end up as king? Was he just lucky or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: wait, be, end up
This is test 13 · ★ 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: Wait, how did the prince end up as king?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 end | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 end | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 how | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 end | nsubj |
| 7 | end | end | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 end | compound:prt |
| 9 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 end | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | past | how property | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | end up | present | the prince | as king | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
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: Was he just lucky or what?
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 | 4 lucky | cop |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lucky | nsubj |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 lucky | advmod |
| 4 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 what | cc |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 lucky | conj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 lucky | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | prince | lucky property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
He became a favourite at court and then ruled the whole kingdom wisely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 became | nsubj |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 favourite | det |
| 4 | favourite | favourite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | xcomp |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 court | case |
| 6 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ruled | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 ruled | advmod |
| 9 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 became | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kingdom | det |
| 11 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 kingdom | amod |
| 12 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ruled | obj |
| 13 | wisely | wisely | ADV | _ | 9 ruled | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | He | a favourite | court | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | rule | past | He not said here | the whole kingdom | then | wisely property | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
Option 2
He was a favourite, sort of
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 favourite | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 favourite | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 favourite | det |
| 4 | favourite | favourite | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sort | punct |
| 6 | sort | sort | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 favourite | nmod |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 sort | fixed |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | He | a favourite | sort nmod | tree rules |
Option 3
He was just lucky and got the crown when his brothers all died
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lucky | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lucky | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 lucky | advmod |
| 4 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 got | cc |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lucky | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 crown | det |
| 8 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 died | mark |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 11 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 died | nsubj |
| 12 | all | all | ADV | _ | 13 died | advmod |
| 13 | died | die | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 lucky | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | He | lucky property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | past | He not said here | the crown | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer crown=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | die | past | his brothers | all property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
He became a favourite and ruled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 became | nsubj |
| 2 | became | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 favourite | det |
| 4 | favourite | favourite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 became | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ruled | cc |
| 6 | ruled | rule | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 became | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | past | He | a favourite | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | rule | participle | He not said here | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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