Test 13 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…
Who's the king in the next tale, the one with the fish?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: king, next tale
This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 king | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 king | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 tale | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 tale | det |
| 7 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 tale | amod |
| 8 | tale | tale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 one | punct |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 one | det |
| 11 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 king | conj |
| 12 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 fish | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 fish | det |
| 14 | fish | fish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 one | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 king | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the king and the one with the fish | the next tale | 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.
The options
Option 1
Featherhead's uncle, who went fishing once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 uncle | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Featherhead | case |
| 3 | uncle | uncle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 went | nsubj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 went | punct |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 went | nsubj |
| 6 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | fishing | fish | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 went | xcomp |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 7 fishing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | Featherhead's uncle | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | fish | gerund | Featherhead's uncle not said here | once property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king on the run from the army of Bruin, who invaded
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | compound |
| 2 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Featherhead | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 king | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 7 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | compound |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | appos |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 run | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 run | det |
| 11 | run | run | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | nmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 army | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 army | det |
| 14 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | nmod |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 Bruin | case |
| 16 | Bruin | Bruin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 army | nmod |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 invaded | punct |
| 18 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 19 invaded | nsubj |
| 19 | invaded | invade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 king | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | invade | past | a fishing king on the run from the army of Bruin | tree rules |
Option 3
King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king who had been driven out of his land by Bruin's army
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | compound |
| 2 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Featherhead | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 king | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 7 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | compound |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | appos |
| 9 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 driven | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 driven | aux |
| 11 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 driven | aux:pass |
| 12 | driven | drive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 king | acl:relcl |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 16 land | case |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 land | case |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 land | nmod:poss |
| 16 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 driven | obl |
| 17 | by | by | ADP | _ | 20 army | case |
| 18 | Bruin | Bruin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 20 army | nmod:poss |
| 19 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 18 Bruin | case |
| 20 | army | army | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 driven | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drive out | past · perfect · passive | Bruin's army | a fishing king | king's land | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme land=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
King Featherhead's dad, a fishing king on the run
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | compound |
| 2 | Featherhead | featherhead | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 Featherhead | case |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | flat |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 king | punct |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 7 | fishing | fishing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | compound |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Featherhead | appos |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 run | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 run | det |
| 11 | run | run | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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