Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman…
the morning-star is a mace with spikes, not a star yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: morning star · What happens: be · To what, where: mace
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 279 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Shoes of Fortune: the watchman flies to the moon in a wink, and his body dies on the street» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 star | det |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 star | compound |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 morning | punct |
| 4 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mace | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 mace | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 mace | det |
| 7 | mace | mace | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 spikes | case |
| 9 | spikes | spike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 mace | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 star | punct |
| 11 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 star | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 star | det |
| 13 | star | star | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mace | parataxis |
| 14 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 13 star | discourse |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 mace | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the morning star | a mace | with spikes | 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
yeah, a heavy stick the guards used
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stick | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stick | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 stick | det |
| 4 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stick | amod |
| 5 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 guards | det |
| 7 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stick | conj |
| 8 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 guards | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | participle | the guards not said here | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
nah, a long silver pole that the lieutenant used for signalling the ships
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 pole | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pole | det |
| 4 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pole | amod |
| 5 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pole | compound |
| 6 | pole | pole | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 lieutenant | nsubj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 lieutenant | det |
| 9 | lieutenant | lieutenant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pole | conj |
| 10 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lieutenant | acl |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 signalling | case |
| 12 | signalling | signalling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 used | obl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ships | det |
| 14 | ships | ship | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 used | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lieutenant | that | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | use | participle | the lieutenant not said here | the ships | for signalling | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent ship=Theme for signalling=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
yeah, a proper club the watchmen lugged about at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 lugged | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 club | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 club | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 club | amod |
| 5 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lugged | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 watchmen | det |
| 7 | watchmen | watchman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 lugged | nsubj |
| 8 | lugged | lug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | about | about | ADV | _ | 8 lugged | advmod |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lugged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lug | past | the watchmen | a proper club | night | about property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
yeah, a proper heavy club with iron spikes the watchmen lugged about at night
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 spikes | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 spikes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 club | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 club | amod |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 club | amod |
| 6 | club | club | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 spikes | nsubj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 iron | case |
| 8 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 club | nmod |
| 9 | spikes | spike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 lugged | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 watchmen | det |
| 11 | watchmen | watchman | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lugged | nsubj |
| 12 | lugged | lug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | about | about | ADV | _ | 12 lugged | advmod |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 night | case |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lugged | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spike | present | a proper heavy club with iron | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | lug | past | the watchmen | night | about property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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