Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war,…
Yo, did Mannikin really beg the Fairy for help, or is that just a dream thing?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mannikin · What happens: do, beg, be · To what, where: Fairy, dream thing
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1892 «Fairy Book, Mannikin, part 29: a mocked Ambassador, a war, and Brandatimor defeated» 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 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | Mannikin | Mannikin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 beg | nsubj |
| 5 | really | really | ADV | _ | 6 beg | advmod |
| 6 | beg | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 did | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Fairy | det |
| 8 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beg | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 beg | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 thing | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 18 thing | cc |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 thing | cop |
| 14 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 18 thing | mark |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 18 thing | advmod |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 thing | det |
| 17 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 thing | compound |
| 18 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | conj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | present | Mannikin | the Fairy | for help | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient for help=Topic | |||
| 3 | is a | present | a dream thing | 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
He did beg her, she came in a dream, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 beg | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 beg | aux |
| 3 | beg | beg | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 beg | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 came | punct |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 came | nsubj |
| 7 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 beg | conj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 dream | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 dream | det |
| 10 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 came | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 bruv | punct |
| 12 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dream | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past · do-support | He | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | come | past | she | a dream | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dream=Location |
Option 2
Yeah, he begged her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 begged | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | begged | beg | 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 begged | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | he | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He begged her, and she showed up in a dream, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 begged | nsubj |
| 2 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 begged | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 showed | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 showed | cc |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 showed | nsubj |
| 7 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 begged | conj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 showed | compound:prt |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 dream | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dream | det |
| 11 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 showed | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dream | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | past | He | her = she | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | show up | past | she | a dream and mate | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in dream=Location |
Option 4
Nah, he never begged, it was just a dream, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 begged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 begged | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 begged | advmod |
| 5 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 dream | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 dream | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 dream | cop |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 dream | advmod |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 dream | det |
| 11 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 begged | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 mate | punct |
| 13 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 dream | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not beg speech: request | past | he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a dream | mate vocative | tree rules |
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