Test 3 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is…
wait, so the old King had his crown tinned over, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old King, crown, King · What happens: wait, have, tin over, crown
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 633 «The Book of Dragons, The Book of Beasts, part 1: Lionel is fetched from the nursery and made King» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 had | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 had | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 5 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 King | amod |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 crown | nmod:poss |
| 9 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tinned | nsubj |
| 10 | tinned | tin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | ccomp |
| 11 | over | over | ADV | _ | 10 tinned | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| 13 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 wait | discourse |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | have | past | the old King | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | tin over | past | King's crown | over property | vn pocket-9.10 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | crown | King | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Nah, it was gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 gold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gold | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gold | cop |
| 5 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | gold | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, in tin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 tin | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tin | punct |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 tin | case |
| 4 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he sold it to the shop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 sold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | 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 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sold | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 shop | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shop | det |
| 8 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sell | past | he | it | the shop | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to shop=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he got it coated in tin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | coated | coat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 got | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 tin | case |
| 8 | tin | tin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 coated | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | coat | participle | in tin | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in tin=Theme |
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