Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…
the emperor sent heralds everywhere to look for her, lol?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: emperor · What happens: send, look · To what, where: heralds
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 emperor | det |
| 2 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sent | nsubj |
| 3 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | heralds | herald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sent | obj |
| 5 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 sent | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 look | mark |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sent | advcl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 look | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 lol | punct |
| 11 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 sent | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the emperor | heralds | everywhere property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent herald=Theme | |||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | the emperor not said here | for her = she | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=Theme |
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
Nope, the emperor sent his own son out alone to search the deep forest for the girl in the tree
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 5 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 emperor | det |
| 4 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | nsubj |
| 5 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 son | amod |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sent | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 sent | compound:prt |
| 10 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 5 sent | advmod |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 search | mark |
| 12 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sent | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 forest | det |
| 14 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 forest | amod |
| 15 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 search | obj |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 girl | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 girl | det |
| 18 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 search | obl |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 tree | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 tree | det |
| 21 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 search | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send out | past | the emperor | emperor's own son | alone property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Theme | |||
| 2 | search | to-infinitive | the emperor not said here | the deep forest | the tree | for the girl | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent forest=Location for girl=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, heralds went out to every village, town, and castle in the realm to call for her return
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 3 | heralds | herald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 village | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 village | det |
| 8 | village | village | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 town | punct |
| 10 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 village | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 castle | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 castle | cc |
| 13 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 realm | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 realm | det |
| 16 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 castle | nmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 call | mark |
| 18 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 went | advcl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 return | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 return | nmod:poss |
| 21 | return | return | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 call | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go out | past | heralds | castle in the realm | to every village and town; out property | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||
| 2 | call | to-infinitive | heralds not said here | for her return | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for return=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | return | her = she | nom return «communication intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, heralds told the whole land to search
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 told | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | heralds | herald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 told | nsubj |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 land | det |
| 6 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 land | amod |
| 7 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 told | iobj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 search | mark |
| 9 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | heralds | the whole land | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent land=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | search not said to happen | to-infinitive | heralds not said here | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, the messengers went to every town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 went | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 messengers | det |
| 4 | messengers | messenger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 went | nsubj |
| 5 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 7 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 town | det |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | the messengers | every town | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to town=Initial_Location |
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