Test 11 · ★ · Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the…
What's a "cymbal" anyway? Like a fancy drum?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: cymbal
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 212 «Arabian Nights, Aladdin, part 52: the magician tricks the princess into giving up the lamp, and the palace vanishes to Africa» 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: What's a "cymbal" anyway?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cymbal | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cymbal | det |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 cymbal | punct |
| 5 | cymbal | cymbal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 cymbal | punct |
| 7 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 1 What | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | a cymbal | tree rules |
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: Like a fancy drum?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 4 drum | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 drum | det |
| 3 | fancy | fancy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 drum | amod |
| 4 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 drum | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
A drum
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 drum | det |
| 2 | drum | drum | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A round brass plate you clash together
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 plate | det |
| 2 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 plate | amod |
| 3 | brass | brass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plate | compound |
| 4 | plate | plate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 clash | nsubj |
| 6 | clash | clash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 plate | acl:relcl |
| 7 | together | together | ADV | _ | 6 clash | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clash | present | you | a round brass plate not said here | together property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plate=Theme |
Option 3
A stringed instrument you pluck with fingers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 instrument | det |
| 2 | stringed | stringed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 instrument | amod |
| 3 | instrument | instrument | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pluck | nsubj |
| 5 | pluck | pluck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 instrument | acl:relcl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fingers | case |
| 7 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 pluck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pluck | present | you | a stringed instrument not said here | with fingers | vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent instrument=Patient |
Option 4
A metal pipe you blow into softly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pipe | det |
| 2 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pipe | compound |
| 3 | pipe | pipe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blow | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 blow | nsubj |
| 5 | blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 softly | case |
| 7 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 5 blow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | present | you | a metal pipe | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent pipe=Material into softly=Product |
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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