Test 5 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…
ngl the king was lowkey mean to him right
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: mean · To what, where: king
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | ngl | ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 ngl | appos |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 mean | aux |
| 5 | lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 6 mean | advmod |
| 6 | mean | mean | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 mean | obl |
| 9 | right | right | ADV | _ | 6 mean | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | past | ngl | king | lowkey, right property | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot to he=Attribute |
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
Nah, he gave him a purse and a horse and then wanted him gone
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | 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 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 purse | det |
| 7 | purse | purse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 horse | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 horse | det |
| 10 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 purse | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wanted | cc |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 wanted | advmod |
| 13 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wanted | obj |
| 15 | gone | go | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 wanted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | a purse and a horse | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient purse=Theme | |||
| 2 | want | past | he not said here | horse | then | tree rules | |||
| 3 | go not said to happen | participle | horse not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, he kept making excuses and ghosting him until the wedding day came
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 came | advcl |
| 5 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | excuses | excuse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 making | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ghosting | cc |
| 8 | ghosting | ghost | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 making | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ghosting | obj |
| 10 | until | until | ADP | _ | 13 day | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 day | det |
| 12 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 day | compound |
| 13 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ghosting | obl |
| 14 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | gerund | he not said here | excuses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset excuse=Product | ||||
| 3 | ghost | gerund | he not said here | him = he | day | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location he=Theme | |||
| 4 | come | past | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he threw him out of the palace
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 threw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 threw | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 threw | nsubj |
| 4 | threw | throw | 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 threw | obj |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 palace | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | he | him = he | the palace | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme out palace=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he kept making excuses and ghosting him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | making | make | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 kept | xcomp |
| 6 | excuses | excuse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 making | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 ghosting | cc |
| 8 | ghosting | ghost | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 making | conj |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ghosting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | make | gerund | he not said here | excuses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset excuse=Product | ||||
| 3 | ghost | gerund | he not said here | him = he | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location he=Theme |
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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