Test 7 · ★ · Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a gra…
ngl, was the horse treated fair at the start?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl · What happens: treat, be · To what, where: horse treated fair, start
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 349 «Historic Tales, The Bell of Atri: an old horse pulls a grape-vine, the bell of justice rings, and the judges make the greedy miser share his gold» 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 | ngl | ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 fair | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 ngl | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fair | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fair | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fair | compound |
| 6 | treated | treat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 fair | amod |
| 7 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 start | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 start | det |
| 10 | start | start | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fair | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 fair | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | participle | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is a | past | ngl | the horse treated fair | the start | 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
no, he was starved and chased by boys
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 starved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 no | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 starved | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 starved | aux:pass |
| 5 | starved | starve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 chased | cc |
| 7 | chased | chase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 starved | conj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 boys | case |
| 9 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chased | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | starve | past · passive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | chase | participle | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
no, the miser kept him hungry and cruel boys threw things at him whenever he went near town
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kept | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 miser | det |
| 4 | miser | miser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 threw | advcl |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 kept | obj |
| 7 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 boys | amod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cruel | cc |
| 9 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 hungry | conj |
| 10 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 threw | nsubj |
| 11 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 threw | obj |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 threw | obl |
| 15 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 17 went | advmod |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 went | nsubj |
| 17 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 threw | conj |
| 18 | near | near | ADV | _ | 17 went | advmod |
| 19 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 went | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the miser | him = he | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme | ||||
| 2 | throw | past | hungry boys | things | at miser | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent thing=Theme at he=Destination | |||
| 3 | go | past | miser | town | near, whenever property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
no, he was starved and chased by boys and dogs through the streets all day long
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 starved | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 no | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 starved | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 starved | aux:pass |
| 5 | starved | starve | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 chased | cc |
| 7 | chased | chase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 starved | conj |
| 8 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 boys | case |
| 9 | boys | boy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chased | obl:agent |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 dogs | cc |
| 11 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 boys | conj |
| 12 | through | through | ADP | _ | 14 streets | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 streets | det |
| 14 | streets | street | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 chased | obl |
| 15 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 day | det |
| 16 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starved | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 starved | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | starve | past · passive | he | day | long property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | chase | participle | the streets | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent through street=Trajectory |
Option 4
no, he was beaten by the miser's men
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 beaten | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 beaten | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 beaten | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 beaten | aux:pass |
| 5 | beaten | beat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 men | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 miser | det |
| 8 | miser | miser | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 men | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 miser | case |
| 10 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 beaten | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beat | past · passive | the miser's men | he | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location subject=Theme |
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