Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…
Dude, why did the king get so mad at the prince's magic?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Dude · What happens: do, get · To what, where: king
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» 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 | Dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 did | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 did | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dude | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 mad | advmod |
| 9 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 magic | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prince | det |
| 12 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 magic | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 prince | case |
| 14 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 mad | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | get | present | Dude | mad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
The prince had shown that he could do what the king could never learn to do
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shown | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shown | aux |
| 4 | shown | show | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 do | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 do | nsubj |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 do | aux |
| 8 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 shown | ccomp |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 do | obj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 king | det |
| 11 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 learn | nsubj |
| 12 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 learn | aux |
| 13 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 learn | advmod |
| 14 | learn | learn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 what | acl:relcl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 do | mark |
| 16 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 learn | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | past · perfect · passive | the prince | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | do | could | he | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | not learn | could | the king | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | do | to-infinitive | the king not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He could not do magic himself
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 | 5 magic | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 magic | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 magic | advmod |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 magic | aux |
| 5 | magic | magic | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 magic | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not magic | could · do-support | He | himself = he | tree rules |
Option 3
He wanted the prince to teach him magic but the prince refused to share his secrets
The tree, 16 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 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 teach | mark |
| 6 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wanted | xcomp |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 teach | obj |
| 8 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 teach | obj |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 refused | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 refused | nsubj |
| 12 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 wanted | conj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 share | mark |
| 14 | share | share | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 refused | xcomp |
| 15 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 secrets | nmod:poss |
| 16 | secrets | secret | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | He | the prince | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | teach speech: other not said to happen | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | magic | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient magic=Topic | |||
| 3 | refuse | past | the prince | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | not share | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | prince's secrets | tree rules |
Option 4
He feared the prince's magic
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 feared | nsubj |
| 2 | feared | fear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 magic | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 prince | case |
| 6 | magic | magic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 feared | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fear | past | He | the prince's magic | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer magic=Stimulus |
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