Test 7 · ★ · Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, p…

okay, what did the king see in the night?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: see

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 341 «Fifty Famous Stories Retold, King Alfred and the Beggar, part 1: Alfred shares his last bread and wine, then sees a vision» 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	okay	okay	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 okay	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 see	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · do-support	the king				night		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus

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

a bright light like the sun that was super wild and filled the whole island with glowing gold

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wild	nsubj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 wild	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wild	cop
9	super	super	ADV	_	10 wild	advmod
10	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 filled	cc
12	filled	fill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 wild	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 island	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 island	amod
15	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 filled	obj
16	with	with	ADP	_	18 gold	case
17	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 gold	amod
18	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 filled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	a bright light like the sun		super, wild property	tree rules
2	fill	past	a bright light like the sun not said here	the whole island	with glowing gold	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent island=Patient with gold=Instrument
3	glow	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

a bright star over the hill, super wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 star	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 star	amod
3	star	star	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wild	nsubj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 star	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 star	punct
8	super	super	ADV	_	9 wild	advmod
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

a huge glowing light, brighter than the noonday sun, shining down over the water in a very wild way

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 light	det
2	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
3	glowing	glow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 brighter	punct
6	brighter	bright	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 light	amod
7	than	than	ADP	_	10 sun	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
9	noonday	noonday	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sun	compound
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 brighter	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shining	punct
12	shining	shine	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 light	acl
13	down	down	ADV	_	12 shining	advmod
14	over	over	ADP	_	16 water	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 water	det
16	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shining	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	21 way	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 way	det
19	very	very	ADV	_	20 wild	advmod
20	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 way	amod
21	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 shining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	glow	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shine down	gerund	a huge glowing light not said here			the water		in a wild way; down property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over water=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

a bright light like the sun, super wild

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wild	nsubj
4	like	like	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 light	punct
8	super	super	ADV	_	9 wild	advmod
9	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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