Test 3 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle…
Wait, the princess got burnt on her back with a shovel? Ouch, mate!
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, burnt · To what, where: princess, back
This is test 3 · ★ 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, the princess got burnt on her back with a shovel?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 burnt | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 princess | det |
| 4 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burnt | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 burnt | aux:pass |
| 6 | burnt | burnt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 back | case |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 back | nmod:poss |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 burnt | obl |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 shovel | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 shovel | det |
| 12 | shovel | shovel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 back | nmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | 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 | burnt | past · passive | the princess | princess's back with a shovel | 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.
Sentence 2: Ouch, mate!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ouch | ouch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ouch | conj |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ouch | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, it was the king who ordered the burn marks on her back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 king | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 king | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ordered | obl |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 ordered | nsubj |
| 8 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 marks | det |
| 10 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 marks | compound |
| 11 | marks | mark | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 ordered | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 back | case |
| 13 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 back | nmod:poss |
| 14 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ordered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | the king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | order | past | the burn marks | her back | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Theme |
Option 2
Yep, he burned her with iron
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 burned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 burned | nsubj |
| 4 | burned | burn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 burned | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 iron | case |
| 7 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 burned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | past | he | her = she | with iron | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Patient with iron=Instrument |
Option 3
Yep, the prince branded her back with a red-hot shovel from the kitchen fire
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 branded | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 branded | nsubj |
| 5 | branded | brand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 branded | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 branded | advmod |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 shovel | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 shovel | det |
| 10 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 shovel | amod |
| 11 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 10 red | punct |
| 12 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 shovel | amod |
| 13 | shovel | shovel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 branded | obl |
| 14 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 fire | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 fire | det |
| 16 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 fire | compound |
| 17 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 shovel | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brand back | past | the prince | her = she | with a red hot shovel from the kitchen fire | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Destination with shovel=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yep, the prince branded her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 5 branded | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yep | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 branded | nsubj |
| 5 | branded | brand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 branded | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brand | past | the prince | her = she | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Result |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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