Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets…
So what's the big lesson from this story, then?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: big lesson, story
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 308 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Naughty Boy: a kind poet lets in a wet boy who shoots him with an arrow» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 6 lesson | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 lesson | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lesson | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 lesson | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 lesson | amod |
| 6 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 story | case |
| 8 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 story | det |
| 9 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lesson | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 lesson | punct |
| 11 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 lesson | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 lesson | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the big lesson | this story | then | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Don't mess with Cupid, he's trouble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 mess | aux |
| 2 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 mess | advmod |
| 3 | mess | mess | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 Cupid | case |
| 5 | Cupid | Cupid | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 mess | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 trouble | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 trouble | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 trouble | cop |
| 9 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mess | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mess | imperative · do-support | you not said here | with Cupid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | Cupid | trouble | tree rules |
Option 2
Never trust strange boys, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 trust | advmod |
| 2 | trust | trust | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | strange | strange | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 boys | amod |
| 4 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 trust | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bro | punct |
| 6 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 boys | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not trust | imperative | you not said here | strange boys and bro | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boy=Theme |
Option 3
Always carry an umbrella out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 carry | advmod |
| 2 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 umbrella | det |
| 4 | umbrella | umbrella | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carry | obj |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 carry | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry out | imperative | you not said here | a umbrella | always property | vn act-114 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent umbrella=Eventuality |
Option 4
Be nice, kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 2 nice | cop |
| 2 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 kids | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kids | punct |
| 4 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | infinitive | nice property | 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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