Test 9 · ★ · Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes…
she took the prince and his brand new teeth were like, boom, ivory teeth
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she, his · What happens: take, brand · To what, where: prince
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 2073 «Wonder-Book, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 32: Ceres becomes the prince's nurse and secretly watches him by firelight» 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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 took | nsubj |
| 2 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 took | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 teeth | cc |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 brand | nmod:poss |
| 7 | brand | brand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 teeth | compound |
| 8 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 teeth | amod |
| 9 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 took | conj |
| 10 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 like | cop |
| 11 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 9 teeth | discourse |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 boom | punct |
| 13 | boom | boom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 teeth | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 teeth | punct |
| 15 | ivory | ivory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 teeth | compound |
| 16 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | she | the prince | ivory teeth obl | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument prince=Destination | |||
| 2 | brand | his = he | nom brand «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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 baby grew teeth quicker than others
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grew | nsubj |
| 3 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 grew | obj |
| 5 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 grew | xcomp |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 7 others | case |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 quicker | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | past | the baby | teeth | quick property | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location tooth=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the prince lost his baby teeth early
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 teeth | compound |
| 6 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 lost | obj |
| 7 | early | early | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 lost | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | past | the prince | prince's baby teeth | early property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tooth=Eventuality |
Option 3
the baby got teeth faster than any other baby, so the queen cried with joy
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 got | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 baby | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 baby | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 baby | amod |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faster | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 cried | punct |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 cried | advmod |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 queen | det |
| 13 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cried | nsubj |
| 14 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 joy | case |
| 16 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the baby | teeth | fast property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | the queen | with joy | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with joy=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the baby got teeth faster than any other baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 got | obj |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 3 got | advmod |
| 6 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 baby | case |
| 7 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 baby | det |
| 8 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 baby | amod |
| 9 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | the baby | teeth | fast property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tooth=Stimulus |
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