Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight ov…
Was the youngest prince gutted when his brothers got the good roads?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: be, gut, get · To what, where: youngest prince, good roads
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1912 «Fairy Tales, Puddocky, part 49: the three princes fight over Parsley, a witch turns her into a toad, and the youngest prince wins the first two tasks with the toad's help» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 prince | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 3 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 prince | amod |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gutted | csubj |
| 5 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 got | advcl |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 9 got | advmod |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 8 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 got | nsubj |
| 9 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 roads | det |
| 11 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 roads | amod |
| 12 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 got | obj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the youngest prince | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | gut | participle | his brothers not said here | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | get | past | his brothers | the good roads | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=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 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he was chill about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chill | cop |
| 5 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chill | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | about it; chill property | tree rules |
Option 2
Nah, he didn't care at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 care | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 care | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 care | aux |
| 5 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 care | advmod |
| 6 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 care | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not care | past · do-support | he | all | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Nah, he was chill, but his brothers were the ones who were properly sus about it
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chill | cop |
| 5 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 ones | punct |
| 7 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 ones | cc |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 9 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 ones | nsubj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 ones | cop |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 ones | det |
| 12 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chill | obl |
| 13 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 sus | nsubj |
| 14 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 sus | cop |
| 15 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 16 sus | advmod |
| 16 | sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 ones | acl:relcl |
| 17 | about | about | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 sus | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | chill property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | his brothers | the ones | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | past | the ones | about it; properly, suspect property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he was proper gutted and went off to sulk by the river for ages
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 gutted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 gutted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gutted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gutted | aux:pass |
| 5 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 6 gutted | advmod |
| 6 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 went | cc |
| 8 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gutted | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 went | compound:prt |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 sulk | mark |
| 11 | sulk | sulk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 went | advcl |
| 12 | by | by | ADP | _ | 14 river | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 river | det |
| 14 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sulk | obl |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 ages | case |
| 16 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sulk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | past · passive | he | properly property | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | ||||
| 2 | go off | past | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | sulk | to-infinitive | for ages | by the river | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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