Test 2 · ★ · Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves…
So what did the bloke do to bring the Queen back, like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bring back · To what, where: Queen
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1928 «Grimm's Tales, The Raven, part 1: a faithful servant saves his master, then a witch's poison kills a horse, a raven and twelve robbers» 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 | _ | 3 did | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 bring | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bloke | det |
| 5 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 bring | aux |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 bring | mark |
| 8 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Queen | det |
| 10 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 bring | obj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 bring | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 like | punct |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 bring | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | past · do-support | the Queen | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument queen=Destination |
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
Put leaves on her mouth and eyes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | leaves | leaf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Put | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 mouth | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 5 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 eyes | cc |
| 7 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 mouth | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | leaves | her mouth and eyes | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme on mouth=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Gave her a good whack
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Gave | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 whack | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 whack | amod |
| 5 | whack | whack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | a good whack | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient whack=Theme |
Option 3
Shook her about a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shook | shake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shook | obj |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 5 bit | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 bit | det |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shook | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | past | her = she | about a bit | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme about bit=Trajectory |
Option 4
Gave her a massive fry-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Gave | iobj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 up | det |
| 4 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 up | amod |
| 5 | fry | fry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 up | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 fry | punct |
| 7 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | a massive fry up | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient up=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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