Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is sco…
Mate, was the portrait the reason he changed his mind?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate portrait, reason · What happens: be, change, mind · To what, where: Mate portrait, mind
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1884 «Fairy Tales, Prince Featherhead, part 21: Celandine is scorned and meets a grumpy old hag» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 portrait | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 portrait | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 portrait | det |
| 5 | portrait | portrait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 changed | nsubj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 reason | det |
| 7 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 changed | nsubj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 changed | nsubj |
| 9 | changed | change | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mind | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mind | mind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 changed | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 changed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Mate portrait | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | change | past | the Mate portrait | reason's mind | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mind=Patient | ||||
| 3 | mind | reason | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Yeah, it made him stop liking the town, but he still went out there sometimes to see his mates
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | 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 made | obj |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | liking | like | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 town | det |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 liking | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 went | punct |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 went | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 went | nsubj |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 14 went | advmod |
| 14 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | conj |
| 15 | out | out | ADV | _ | 14 went | advmod |
| 16 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 14 went | advmod |
| 17 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 19 see | advmod |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 see | mark |
| 19 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | advcl |
| 20 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 mates | nmod:poss |
| 21 | mates | mate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 19 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | it | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | like | gerund | him = he not said here | the town | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot town=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go out | past | he | there | still | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||
| 5 | see | to-infinitive | his mates | sometimes property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mate=Stimulus |
Option 2
Nah, it made him like the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | 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 made | obj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 palace | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 palace | det |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | it | him = he | like the palace | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product |
Option 3
Yeah, it made him stop liking the town and go back to the palace
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | 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 made | obj |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | liking | like | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 town | det |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 liking | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 go | cc |
| 11 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 stop | conj |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 go | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 palace | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palace | det |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | it | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | like | gerund | him = he not said here | the town | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot town=Theme | ||||
| 4 | go back | infinitive | him = he not said here | to the palace result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it made him stop liking the town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | 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 made | obj |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | liking | like | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stop | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 town | det |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 liking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | it | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stop | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | like | gerund | him = he not said here | the town | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot town=Theme |
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