Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23:…
Wait, the headsman didn't chop his head off, did he?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, headsman · What happens: wait, not chop off, do · To what, where: head
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 256 «Fairy Tales, The Youngest Prince and the Apples, part 23: the bear's forest, the watch in the tree and the handkerchief test» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 chop | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 headsman | det |
| 4 | headsman | headsman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chop | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 chop | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 chop | advmod |
| 7 | chop | chop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chop | obj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 chop | compound:prt |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 did | punct |
| 12 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | parataxis |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 did | nsubj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not chop off | past · do-support | the headsman | headsman's head | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ||||
| 3 | do | past | headsman | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Nope, he took him to the forest, sorted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 forest | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 forest | det |
| 8 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sorted | punct |
| 10 | sorted | sort | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 took | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | him = he | the forest | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to forest=Destination | |||
| 2 | sort | participle | he not said here | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nope, he dumped him in a field, cheers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 dumped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dumped | nsubj |
| 4 | dumped | dump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dumped | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 field | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 field | det |
| 8 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dumped | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cheers | punct |
| 10 | cheers | cheer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 field | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dump | past | he | him = he | a field and cheers | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent he=Theme in field=Trajectory |
Option 3
Nope, he dragged him off to the forest and left him there, sorted, no harm done
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 dragged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragged | nsubj |
| 4 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 sorted | advcl |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dragged | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 dragged | compound:prt |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 forest | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 forest | det |
| 9 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dragged | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 left | cc |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dragged | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 left | obj |
| 13 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 left | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 sorted | punct |
| 15 | sorted | sort | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 harm | punct |
| 17 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 18 harm | det |
| 18 | harm | harm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 sorted | obj |
| 19 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 harm | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drag off | past | he | him = he | the forest | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to forest=Destination | |||
| 2 | leave | past | he not said here | him = he | there | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | |||
| 3 | sort | past | no harm | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harm=Theme | |||||
| 4 | do | participle | no harm not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he chopped it off, mate, sorry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chopped | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chopped | nsubj |
| 4 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chopped | obj |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 chopped | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chopped | vocative |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chopped | punct |
| 10 | sorry | sorry | INTJ | _ | 4 chopped | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop off | past | he | it | mate vocative | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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