Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…
what's Jack even sayin with "vorton" and "zo now" like
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: sayin
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» 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 | 5 sayin | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sayin | cop |
| 3 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sayin | nmod:poss |
| 4 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 sayin | advmod |
| 5 | sayin | sayin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 vorton | case |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 vorton | punct |
| 8 | vorton | vorton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sayin | nmod |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 vorton | punct |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 zo | cc |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 zo | punct |
| 12 | zo | zo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sayin | conj |
| 13 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 zo | advmod |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 12 zo | punct |
| 15 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 5 sayin | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Jack's sayin and zo | with vorton | 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
He's mumbling nonsense cos he's drunk and has lost his way home today
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 mumbling | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 mumbling | aux |
| 3 | mumbling | mumble | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | nonsense | nonsense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mumbling | obj |
| 5 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 8 drunk | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 drunk | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 drunk | cop |
| 8 | drunk | drunk | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mumbling | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 lost | cc |
| 10 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 lost | aux |
| 11 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 drunk | conj |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 way | nmod:poss |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lost | obj |
| 14 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 lost | advmod |
| 15 | today | today | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 lost | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mumble speech: other | present · progressive | He | nonsense | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nonsense=Topic | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | drunk property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lose | present · perfect | he not said here | his way | today | home property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Eventuality |
Option 2
He's using old Scottish words for food and drink that nobody at court knows
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 using | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 using | aux |
| 3 | using | use | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 words | amod |
| 5 | Scottish | Scottish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 words | amod |
| 6 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 using | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 food | case |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 using | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 drink | cc |
| 10 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 food | conj |
| 11 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 knows | obj |
| 12 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 knows | nsubj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 court | case |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 nobody | nmod |
| 15 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 food | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · progressive | He | old Scottish words | for food and drink | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent word=Theme for food=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | know | present | nobody | food and drink | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer that=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He talks in proper country dialect, innit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 talks | nsubj |
| 2 | talks | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 dialect | case |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dialect | amod |
| 5 | country | country | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dialect | compound |
| 6 | dialect | dialect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 talks | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 innit | punct |
| 8 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dialect | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | present | He | proper country dialect and innit | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
He's speaking some old language
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 speaking | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 speaking | aux |
| 3 | speaking | speak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 language | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 language | amod |
| 6 | language | language | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 speaking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | speak speech: other | present · progressive | He | some old language | tree rules |
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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