Test 2 · ★ · Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin…
Bruv, what was the old farmer's big secret for his sons?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv · What happens: be · To what, where: big secret
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 371 «Aesop for Children, The Cat and the Birds, part 1: a thin hungry cat dresses up as a doctor» 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 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 secret | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 secret | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 secret | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 farmer | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 farmer | amod |
| 7 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 secret | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 farmer | case |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 secret | amod |
| 10 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bruv | appos |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 sons | case |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 sons | nmod:poss |
| 13 | sons | son | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 secret | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Bruv | the old farmer's big secret | for farmer's sons | 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
Loads of silver buried by the wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 silver | case |
| 3 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Loads | nmod |
| 4 | buried | bury | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Loads | acl |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 wall | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wall | det |
| 7 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 buried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bury | participle | Loads of silver not said here | by the wall | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by wall=Destination |
Option 2
A dodgy map
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 map | det |
| 2 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 map | amod |
| 3 | map | map | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A big pile of cash in the cellar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pile | det |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pile | amod |
| 3 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 cash | case |
| 5 | cash | cash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pile | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cellar | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cellar | det |
| 8 | cellar | cellar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pile | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A rich treasure hidden on the estate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 treasure | det |
| 2 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 treasure | amod |
| 3 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 treasure | acl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 estate | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 estate | det |
| 7 | estate | estate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | participle | a rich treasure not said here | the estate | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on estate=Location |
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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