Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…
no cap, what was the king's deal with crying?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: be, cry · To what, where: deal
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 cap | det |
| 2 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 deal | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 deal | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 deal | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deal | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 king | case |
| 9 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cap | appos |
| 10 | with | with | SCONJ | _ | 11 crying | mark |
| 11 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 deal | advcl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 cap | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | no cap | the king's deal | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | no cap not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=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
he couldn't stand anyone else crying cause it made him feel sad for the whole day
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stand | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stand | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 stand | advmod |
| 4 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 stand | obj |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 anyone | advmod |
| 7 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 anyone | acl |
| 8 | cause | cause | SCONJ | _ | 10 made | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | nsubj |
| 10 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stand | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 made | obj |
| 12 | feel | feel | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stand | conj |
| 13 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 feel | xcomp |
| 14 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 day | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 day | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 day | amod |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | could | he | anyone | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | make | past | it | him = he | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product | ||||
| 4 | feel | infinitive | he not said here | sad property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he couldn't stand anyone else crying
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stand | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stand | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 stand | advmod |
| 4 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 stand | obj |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 anyone | advmod |
| 7 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 stand | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | could | he | anyone | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
he couldn't handle others sobbing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 handle | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 handle | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 handle | advmod |
| 4 | handle | handle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 handle | obj |
| 6 | sobbing | sob | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 handle | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not handle | could | he | others | vn hold-15.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sob | gerund | he not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
he couldn't stand anyone else crying, so he sent his guards out to fetch every child in the village
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stand | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stand | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 stand | advmod |
| 4 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 stand | obj |
| 6 | else | else | ADV | _ | 5 anyone | advmod |
| 7 | crying | cry | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 anyone | acl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sent | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 sent | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sent | nsubj |
| 11 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 stand | parataxis |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 guards | nmod:poss |
| 13 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sent | obj |
| 14 | out | out | ADV | _ | 11 sent | advmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 fetch | mark |
| 16 | fetch | fetch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 sent | advcl |
| 17 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 child | det |
| 18 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fetch | obj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 village | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 village | det |
| 21 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 fetch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | could | he | anyone | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | gerund | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | send out | past | he | his guards | out property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Theme | |||
| 4 | fetch | to-infinitive | he not said here | every child | the village | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme |
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