Test 1 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…
yo did the soldier dude actually get a golden coach?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: yo, soldier dude · What happens: do, get · To what, where: soldier dude, golden coach
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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 | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dude | det |
| 4 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 dude | compound |
| 5 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 dude | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 coach | det |
| 9 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 coach | amod |
| 10 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | yo | the soldier dude | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | get | infinitive | the soldier dude not said here | a golden coach | actually property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coach=Stimulus |
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
Nope, he got a wooden wagon instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 wagon | det |
| 6 | wooden | wooden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 wagon | amod |
| 7 | wagon | wagon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | a wooden wagon | instead property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wagon=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yeah, four horses and two drivers up front
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 horses | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 horses | punct |
| 3 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 horses | nummod |
| 4 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 drivers | cc |
| 6 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 drivers | nummod |
| 7 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 horses | conj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 front | case |
| 9 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 horses | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, six white horses and four servants behind it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 horses | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | six | six | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 horses | nummod |
| 4 | white | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 horses | amod |
| 5 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 servants | cc |
| 7 | four | four | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 servants | nummod |
| 8 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 horses | conj |
| 9 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 servants | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Nah, just a cart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 cart | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 cart | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cart | det |
| 5 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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