Test 12 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…
Mate, how'd he free the crew from the wood?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 crew | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 free | advmod |
| 4 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 free | aux |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 free | nsubj |
| 6 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 crew | amod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 crew | det |
| 8 | crew | crew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Mate | conj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 wood | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wood | det |
| 11 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crew | nmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Using a sharp spear from the boat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Using | use | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spear | det |
| 3 | sharp | sharp | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spear | amod |
| 4 | spear | spear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Using | obj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 boat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 boat | det |
| 7 | boat | boat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Using | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | gerund | a sharp spear | the boat | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spear=Patient |
Option 2
With his sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 sword | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sword | nmod:poss |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
With the point of one of his arrows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | With | with | ADP | _ | 3 point | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 point | det |
| 3 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 one | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 one | case |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 arrows | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 arrows | nmod:poss |
| 8 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 one | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
By cutting them with his knife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | By | by | SCONJ | _ | 2 cutting | mark |
| 2 | cutting | cut | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cutting | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 knife | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 knife | nmod:poss |
| 6 | knife | knife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cutting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | gerund | them = they | with his knife | vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient with knife=Instrument |
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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