Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the…
Innit wild that Jack got his castle back, yeah? Where did the little men go to fetch it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, little men · What happens: get back, be, go, fetch · To what, where: castle
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1956 «English Fairy Tales, Jack and his Castle: Jack brings the castle home and meets his wife and son» 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
Sentence 1: Innit wild that Jack got his castle back, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Innit | Innit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wild | compound |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 got | mark |
| 4 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wild | advcl |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 castle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wild | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 wild | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past | Jack | Jack's castle | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer castle=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.
Sentence 2: Where did the little men go to fetch it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 go | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 men | det |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 men | amod |
| 5 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 go | nsubj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 fetch | mark |
| 8 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fetch | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | where property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | present | the little men | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fetch | to-infinitive | the little men not said here | castle | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
from the wicked giant's hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 hall | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 giant | det |
| 3 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 giant | amod |
| 4 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hall | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 giant | case |
| 6 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
from the King's three brothers in their hall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 brothers | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 King | case |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 brothers | nummod |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 hall | case |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hall | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 brothers | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
from the King's brothers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 brothers | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 King | case |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
from the bottom of the deep sea where it sank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | from | from | ADP | _ | 3 bottom | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bottom | det |
| 3 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sea | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sea | det |
| 6 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 sea | amod |
| 7 | sea | sea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 bottom | nmod |
| 8 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 10 sank | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 sank | nsubj |
| 10 | sank | sink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 sea | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | past | sea | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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