Test 11 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…
Did the king really take her to see her dad in a gold chariot?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: take, see · To what, where: her, dad, gold chariot
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 take | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 take | advmod |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 take | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 take | advcl |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obj |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 chariot | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 chariot | det |
| 13 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 chariot | compound |
| 14 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 see | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · do-support | her = she | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument she=Destination | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | her dad | a gold chariot | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer dad=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
Yeah, in a carriage of silver
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 carriage | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 carriage | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 carriage | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 carriage | det |
| 5 | carriage | carriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 silver | case |
| 7 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 carriage | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Nah, he walked her there on foot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 walked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | obj |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 walked | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 foot | case |
| 8 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | past | he | her = she | foot; there | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme on foot=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a chariot covered in gold gems
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chariot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chariot | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 chariot | det |
| 4 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 chariot | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 gems | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gems | compound |
| 8 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | a chariot not said here | in gold gems | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in gem=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, a chariot covered in gold gems, and her dad was waiting at the gate
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chariot | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chariot | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 chariot | det |
| 4 | chariot | chariot | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 chariot | acl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 gems | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gems | compound |
| 8 | gems | gem | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 covered | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 waiting | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 waiting | cc |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 dad | nmod:poss |
| 12 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 waiting | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 waiting | aux |
| 14 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 chariot | acl |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 gate | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 gate | det |
| 17 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 waiting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | a chariot not said here | in gold gems | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in gem=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait | past · progressive | her dad | a chariot not said here | the gate | tree rules |
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