Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, pa…
what did the queen say about marrying?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: do, say, marry · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 647 «Fairy Tales pg23661, The Island of the Nine Whirlpools, part 1: a Queen buys a baby from a witch, and the King is furious» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 6 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 7 marrying | mark |
| 7 | marrying | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 say | advcl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the queen | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | marry | gerund | the queen not said here | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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
a clever man could rule the place with her, and the King would approve
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rule | aux |
| 5 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | obj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rule | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 approve | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 approve | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 15 approve | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 approve | aux |
| 15 | approve | approve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 rule | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | could | a clever man | the place | with her = she | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme | |||
| 2 | approve | would | the King | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
a clever man could rule the whole kingdom beside her someday
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rule | aux |
| 5 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kingdom | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kingdom | amod |
| 8 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | obj |
| 9 | beside | beside | ADP | _ | 11 someday | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 someday | nmod:poss |
| 11 | someday | someday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | could | a clever man | the whole kingdom | her someday | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
Option 3
a prince would be nice, maybe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nice | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 nice | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 nice | cop |
| 5 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 nice | punct |
| 7 | maybe | maybe | ADV | _ | 5 nice | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | a prince | maybe, nice property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
a clever man could rule the place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 rule | aux |
| 5 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 place | det |
| 7 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rule | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | could | a clever man | the place | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Theme |
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