Test 14 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…

Who was getting the best of the fight before the strange knight turned up?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: strange knight · What happens: get, turn up · To what, where: best

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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	Who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 getting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 getting	aux
3	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 best	det
5	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 getting	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 fight	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fight	det
8	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 best	obl
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 turned	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 knight	det
11	strange	strange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 knight	amod
12	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turned	nsubj
13	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 getting	advcl
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 turned	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · progressive		the best					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer good=Stimulus
2	turn up	past	the strange knight						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

The enemy had already captured the king and was carrying him off on a cart to their camp

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enemy	det
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 captured	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 captured	aux
4	already	already	ADV	_	5 captured	advmod
5	captured	capture	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 captured	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 carrying	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 carrying	aux
10	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 captured	conj
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 carrying	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 carrying	compound:prt
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 cart	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cart	det
15	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carrying	obl
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 camp	case
17	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 camp	nmod:poss
18	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 carrying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	capture	past · perfect	the enemy	the king					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Theme
2	carry off	past · progressive	the enemy not said here	king		a cart		to their camp	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to camp=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The king's men were winning big

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 men	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 king	case
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 winning	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 winning	aux
6	winning	win	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 winning	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	win	past · progressive	the king's men					big property	vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

The enemy had the upper hand, sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enemy	det
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 hand	det
5	upper	upper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hand	amod
6	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sure	punct
8	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 hand	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the enemy	the upper hand					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The enemy, the king's lot were losing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 enemy	det
2	enemy	enemy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 losing	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 enemy	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lot	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 king	case
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 enemy	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 losing	aux
9	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · progressive	the enemy the king's lot						vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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