Test 8 · ★ · Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sist…
then they dumped the baby in the canal? that's cold
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, that · What happens: dump, be · To what, where: baby, canal
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 227 «Persian Tales, The Sultan Kosrouschah, part 67: three sisters' wishes come true, and the cradles float away» 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 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 dumped | advmod |
| 2 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dumped | nsubj |
| 3 | dumped | dump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 baby | det |
| 5 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dumped | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 canal | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 canal | det |
| 8 | canal | canal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dumped | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 12 cold | punct |
| 10 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 cold | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 cold | cop |
| 12 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 dumped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dump | past | they | the baby | the canal | then | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent baby=Theme in canal=Trajectory | ||
| 2 | is | present | that | cold property | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
yeah, in a sack, off the bridge
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 sack | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 sack | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 sack | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sack | det |
| 5 | sack | sack | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bridge | punct |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 bridge | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bridge | det |
| 9 | bridge | bridge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sack | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
nah, out the window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 window | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 window | punct |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 window | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 window | det |
| 5 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, in a cradle, down the canal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 cradle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cradle | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cradle | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cradle | det |
| 5 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 canal | punct |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 canal | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 canal | det |
| 9 | canal | canal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cradle | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
yeah, in a box, down the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 box | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 box | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 box | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 box | det |
| 5 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 river | punct |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 9 river | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 river | det |
| 9 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 box | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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