Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre…

What is a steward even, like is that a fancy job?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fancy job · What happens: be · To what, where: steward

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 steward	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 steward	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 steward	det
4	steward	steward	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	even	even	ADV	_	4 steward	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 is	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 is	case
8	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 steward	parataxis
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 job	mark
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 job	det
11	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 job	amod
12	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 is	nsubj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 steward	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a steward					tree rules
2	be	present	a fancy job						vn exist-47.1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

A servant who cooks the food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 servant	det
2	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 cooks	nsubj
4	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 servant	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 food	det
6	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cooks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	a servant	the food					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent food=Patient

Option 2

A type of servant who cooks the meals

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 type	det
2	type	type	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cooks	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 servant	case
4	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 type	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 cooks	nsubj
6	cooks	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 meals	det
8	meals	meal	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cooks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	present	a type of servant	the meals					vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent meal=Patient
2	type			servant					nom type «cognition transitive»: of=patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A kind of manager who runs a lord's house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 manager	case
4	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 runs	nsubj
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 kind	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lord	det
8	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 lord	case
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	a kind of manager	a lord's house					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory

Option 4

A kind of manager who runs a lord's house and takes care of all the goods and servants

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 kind	det
2	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 manager	case
4	manager	manager	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kind	nmod
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 runs	nsubj
6	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lord	det
8	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 house	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 lord	case
10	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 runs	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 takes	cc
12	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 runs	conj
13	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 takes	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 goods	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 goods	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 goods	det
17	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	12 takes	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 servants	cc
19	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 goods	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	a kind of manager	a lord's house					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme house=Trajectory
2	take	present	a kind of manager not said here	care				of all goods and servants	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent care=Theme of goods=Initial_Location

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