Test 8 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Son…
Dude, what did the first old man say to Jack as a greeting?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: say · To what, where: Jack · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 254 «English Fairy Tales, The King of England and His Three Sons, part 1: Jack rides off for golden apples and meets three strange old men» 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 | Dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 say | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 say | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 man | det |
| 6 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 man | amod |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 man | amod |
| 8 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | nsubj |
| 9 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 Jack | case |
| 11 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obl |
| 12 | as | as | ADP | _ | 14 greeting | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 greeting | det |
| 14 | greeting | greeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 say | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past · do-support | Dude | Jack | as a greeting | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to jack=Recipient |
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
"Good morrow, young master."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 morrow | punct |
| 2 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 morrow | amod |
| 3 | morrow | morrow | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 master | punct |
| 5 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 master | amod |
| 6 | master | master | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 morrow | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 morrow | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 morrow | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
"Good morning, my king's son."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 2 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 morning | amod |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | compound |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 king | nmod:poss |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
"Good morning, my king's son, and well may you ride on this fine horse today."
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 2 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 morning | amod |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | obl:unmarked |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 king | nmod:poss |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ride | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 ride | cc |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 14 ride | advmod |
| 12 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 ride | aux |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 ride | nsubj |
| 14 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 son | acl:relcl |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 horse | case |
| 16 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 18 horse | det |
| 17 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 horse | amod |
| 18 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ride | obl |
| 19 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ride | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride in a quote | may | you | my king's son not said here | today | on this fine horse; well property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme |
Option 4
"Good morning, my king's son, you look weary from the long road."
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 2 | Good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 morning | amod |
| 3 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 king | nmod:poss |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 morning | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 morning | punct |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 look | nsubj |
| 11 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | weary | weary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 look | xcomp |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 road | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 road | det |
| 15 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 road | amod |
| 16 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 look | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 look | punct |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 look | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look in a quote | present | you | morning | from the long road; weary property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from road=Theme |
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