Test 6 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples…
How'd Tiidu change his look so nobody knew him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Tiidu, nobody · What happens: change, know · To what, where: look, Tiidu
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 680 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper: Tiidu sells magic apples at the palace, and the royal noses grow.» 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 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 change | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | aux |
| 3 | Tiidu | Tiidu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 change | nsubj |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 look | nmod:poss |
| 6 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 change | obj |
| 7 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 knew | mark |
| 8 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | advcl |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knew | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 change | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | would | Tiidu | Tiidu's look | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent look=Patient | ||||
| 2 | know | past | nobody | Tiidu | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
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
He went to live in another kingdom under a completely different name and profession
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 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 live | mark |
| 4 | live | live | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 went | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 kingdom | case |
| 6 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 kingdom | det |
| 7 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 name | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 name | det |
| 10 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 11 different | advmod |
| 11 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 name | amod |
| 12 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 live | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 profession | cc |
| 14 | profession | profession | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 name | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | He | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | live | to-infinitive | He not said here | another kingdom | under a different name and profession | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in kingdom=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Long black beard and new clothes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 beard | amod |
| 2 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 beard | amod |
| 3 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 clothes | cc |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 clothes | amod |
| 6 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 beard | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A disguise with a wig and cloak
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 disguise | det |
| 2 | disguise | disguise | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 wig | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 wig | det |
| 5 | wig | wig | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 disguise | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 cloak | cc |
| 7 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wig | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
He shaved his head, grew a long grey beard, and wore a cloak from a far land
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 | 2 shaved | nsubj |
| 2 | shaved | shave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 head | nmod:poss |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shaved | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 grew | punct |
| 6 | grew | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shaved | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 beard | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 beard | amod |
| 9 | grey | grey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 beard | amod |
| 10 | beard | beard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grew | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 wore | punct |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wore | cc |
| 13 | wore | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 shaved | parataxis |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 cloak | det |
| 15 | cloak | cloak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wore | obj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 land | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 land | det |
| 18 | far | far | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 land | amod |
| 19 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wore | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shave | past | He | his head | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient | ||||
| 2 | grow | past | He not said here | a long grey beard | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beard=Theme | ||||
| 3 | wear | past | a cloak | a far land | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cloak=Theme from land=Source |
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