Test 9 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the…
Did the prince get his brothers back straight away, or was there a long wait?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince, long wait · What happens: get back, be · To what, where: brothers
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 675 «Pink Fairy Book, Rose-Leaf and Apple-Blossom, part 15: the prince finds his brothers, and the old man finds a baby girl» 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 brothers | nmod:poss |
| 6 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 8 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 9 away | advmod |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 there | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 there | cc |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 there | cop |
| 13 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 get | xcomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 wait | det |
| 15 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 wait | amod |
| 16 | wait | wait | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 there | nsubj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get back | past · do-support | the prince | prince's brothers | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer brother=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | is | past | a long wait | there property | 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
Yeah, they were freed fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 freed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 freed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 freed | aux:pass |
| 5 | freed | free | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 freed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | free | past · passive | they | fast property | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He went home and got them out quick, no messing
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 | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 got | cc |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 got | compound:prt |
| 8 | quick | quick | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 messing | punct |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 messing | det |
| 11 | messing | messing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | no messing | home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | get out | past | He not said here | them = they | quick property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, he left them there for years, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 left | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | nsubj |
| 4 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 left | obj |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 left | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 left | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 left | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | past | he | them = they | there | year | mate vocative | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 4
He went back and rescued them slowly, no rush
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 | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 rescued | cc |
| 5 | rescued | rescue | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rescued | obj |
| 7 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 rescued | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 rush | punct |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 rush | det |
| 10 | rush | rush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | He | no rush | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | rescue | past | He not said here | them = they | slowly property | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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