Test 4 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar…
what did the shopkeeper's dream say, like the actual place?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dream, shopkeeper · What happens: do, say, dream · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 249 «English Fairy Tales, The Pedlar of Swaffham: a poor pedlar dreams of London Bridge and finds a treasure at home» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shopkeeper | det |
| 4 | shopkeeper | shopkeeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dream | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 shopkeeper | case |
| 6 | dream | dream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 place | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 place | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 place | det |
| 11 | actual | actual | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 place | amod |
| 12 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | ccomp |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the shopkeeper's dream | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | dream | the shopkeeper | nom dream «cognition 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 right answer
An oak in an orchard in Swaffham
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 oak | det |
| 2 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 orchard | case |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 orchard | det |
| 5 | orchard | orchard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 oak | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Swaffham | case |
| 7 | Swaffham | Swaffham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 orchard | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
An oak in a field in Norfolk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 oak | det |
| 2 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 field | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 field | det |
| 5 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 oak | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Norfolk | case |
| 7 | Norfolk | Norfolk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 field | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
A great oak standing in an orchard behind a pedlar's house in Swaffham, Norfolk
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 oak | det |
| 2 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 oak | amod |
| 3 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 oak | acl |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 orchard | case |
| 6 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 orchard | det |
| 7 | orchard | orchard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 standing | obl |
| 8 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 pedlar | det |
| 10 | pedlar | pedlar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 house | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 pedlar | case |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 standing | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 Swaffham | case |
| 14 | Swaffham | Swaffham | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 standing | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 Norfolk | punct |
| 16 | Norfolk | Norfolk | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Swaffham | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | a great oak not said here | a orchard | behind a pedlar's house; in Swaffham and Norfolk | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in orchard=Location |
Option 4
A pear tree in a field by Norwich
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 tree | det |
| 2 | pear | pear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | compound |
| 3 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 field | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 field | det |
| 6 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tree | nmod |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 Norwich | case |
| 8 | Norwich | Norwich | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 field | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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