Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches…
so what was the old woman's advice, like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: advice
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1902 «Fairy Tales, The Magic Swan, part 1: Peter's swan catches a crowd and the Princess laughs at last» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 advice | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 advice | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 advice | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 woman | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 woman | amod |
| 6 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 advice | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 woman | case |
| 8 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 advice | punct |
| 10 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 advice | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 advice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the old woman's advice | 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
go out and try your luck in the world, far from home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 go | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 try | cc |
| 4 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 go | conj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 luck | nmod:poss |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 try | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 try | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 far | punct |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 go | advmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 home | case |
| 13 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 far | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | imperative | you not said here | far, out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | you not said here | your luck | the world | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality |
Option 2
wait for your fortune at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 fortune | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 fortune | nmod:poss |
| 4 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 home | case |
| 6 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | home | for your fortune | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location |
Option 3
stay out in the wood and wait for fortune to fall on you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 stay | compound:prt |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 wood | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wood | det |
| 5 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 stay | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wait | cc |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 stay | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 fortune | case |
| 9 | fortune | fortune | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wait | obl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 fall | mark |
| 11 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 wait | advcl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 you | case |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 fall | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay out | imperative | you not said here | the wood | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wood=Location | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | for fortune | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fall | to-infinitive | you not said here | on you | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on you=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
go out and try your luck in the world
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADV | _ | 1 go | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 try | cc |
| 4 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 go | conj |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 luck | nmod:poss |
| 6 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 try | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 world | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 world | det |
| 9 | world | world | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 try | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | imperative | you not said here | out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | you not said here | your luck | the world | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Eventuality |
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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