Test 6 · ★ · Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take…
sus, did the soldier actually pay the farmer back?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sus · What happens: pay back · To what, where: farmer
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 353 «Tales of Honor, Damon and Pythias: a friend offers to take his friend's place in prison» 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 | sus | sus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pay | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 sus | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pay | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 soldier | det |
| 5 | soldier | soldier | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 7 pay | advmod |
| 7 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 farmer | det |
| 9 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pay | obj |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 pay | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 pay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pay back | past · do-support | sus | the farmer | actually property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farmer=Asset |
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
Nope, he sold the farm and fled the kingdom with all the money he got
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 sold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sold | nsubj |
| 4 | sold | sell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 farm | det |
| 6 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sold | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fled | cc |
| 8 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sold | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 kingdom | det |
| 10 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fled | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 14 money | case |
| 12 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 money | det:predet |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 money | det |
| 14 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fled | obl |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 got | nsubj |
| 16 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 money | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | he | the farm | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | flee | past | he not said here | the kingdom | with all money | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme kingdom=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | get | past | he | all money not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer money=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nope, he kept the farm and never paid a single coin back to the poor farmer
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 farm | det |
| 6 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 paid | cc |
| 8 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 paid | advmod |
| 9 | paid | pay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 kept | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 coin | det |
| 11 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 coin | amod |
| 12 | coin | coin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 paid | obj |
| 13 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 paid | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | ADP | _ | 17 farmer | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 farmer | det |
| 16 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 farmer | amod |
| 17 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 paid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | the farm | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not pay | past | he not said here | a single coin | to the poor farmer | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Asset |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nope, he took the farm for himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 farm | det |
| 6 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 took | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 himself | case |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | he | the farm | for himself = he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent farm=Theme for himself=Beneficiary |
Option 4
No, he kept the money for himself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 kept | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 kept | nsubj |
| 4 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 money | det |
| 6 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kept | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 himself | case |
| 8 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 kept | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | he | the money | for himself = he | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme |
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