Test 7 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and the Vizier's Son: a cle…
Did the king actually ban the prince from coming home? Harsh, man!
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, ban, come · To what, where: king, prince
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Did the king actually ban the prince from coming home?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ban | advcl |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 ban | advmod |
| 5 | ban | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ban | obj |
| 8 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 9 coming | mark |
| 9 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 ban | advcl |
| 10 | home | home | ADV | _ | 9 coming | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 ban | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | ban | present | the prince | actually property | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer prince=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | gerund | home property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Harsh, man!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harsh | harsh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Harsh | punct |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 man | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he forgave him and threw a big party in the garden for him
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 forgave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forgave | nsubj |
| 4 | forgave | forgive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 forgave | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 threw | cc |
| 7 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 forgave | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 party | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 party | amod |
| 10 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 threw | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 garden | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 garden | det |
| 13 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 threw | obl |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 threw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forgive | past | he | him = he | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | throw | past | he not said here | a big party | the garden | for him = he | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent party=Theme in garden=Destination |
Option 2
Yeah, he told him to leave
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | iobj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 leave | mark |
| 7 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | he | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | leave not said to happen | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he banned him from the palace and took back his horse entirely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 banned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 banned | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 banned | nsubj |
| 4 | banned | ban | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 banned | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 banned | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 took | cc |
| 10 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 banned | conj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 took | advmod |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 horse | nmod:poss |
| 13 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 took | obj |
| 14 | entirely | entirely | ADV | _ | 10 took | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ban | past | he | him = he | the palace | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from palace=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | take back | past | he not said here | his horse | entirely property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he said don't come back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 come | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 come | advmod |
| 7 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 come | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | he | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not come back | infinitive · do-support | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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