Test 11 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…
the lacqueys were the footmen right, the guys at the back
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lacqueys · What happens: be · To what, where: back
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lacqueys | det |
| 2 | lacqueys | lacquey | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 right | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 right | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 footmen | det |
| 5 | footmen | footman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 right | nsubj |
| 6 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 guys | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 guys | det |
| 9 | guys | guy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 right | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 back | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 back | det |
| 12 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the lacqueys | the back | the guys obl; right property | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they rode on top of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 rode | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 rode | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rode | nsubj |
| 4 | rode | rode | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 top | case |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rode | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 top | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rode | present | they | top of top | tree rules |
Option 2
Nah, they walked in front
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 walked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 front | case |
| 6 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | they | front | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory |
Option 3
Yeah, the drivers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 drivers | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 drivers | det |
| 4 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they stood behind the coach all dressed up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stood | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stood | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stood | nsubj |
| 4 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 7 coach | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 coach | det |
| 7 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stood | obl |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 9 dressed | advmod |
| 9 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 stood | advcl |
| 10 | up | up | ADP | _ | 9 dressed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | they | the coach | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind coach=Location | ||||
| 2 | dress up | participle | they not said here | all property | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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