Test 8 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…
is Abu Nowas the Sultan's jester or what
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: Abu
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 Abu | cop |
| 2 | Abu | Abu | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 jester | compound |
| 3 | Nowas | Nowas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Abu | flat |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Sultan | det |
| 5 | Sultan | Sultan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 jester | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Sultan | case |
| 7 | jester | jester | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 what | nsubj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 what | cc |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Abu | tree rules |
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 right answer
Yeah he's the jester, a proper favourite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 jester | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 jester | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 jester | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 jester | det |
| 5 | jester | jester | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 favourite | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 favourite | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 favourite | amod |
| 9 | favourite | favourite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 jester | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | the jester | tree rules |
Option 2
Nah he's the vizier, a proper hater
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 vizier | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 vizier | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 vizier | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 vizier | det |
| 5 | vizier | vizier | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hater | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 hater | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 hater | amod |
| 9 | hater | hater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 vizier | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | the vizier and a proper hater | tree rules |
Option 3
Yeah he's the cook, a proper mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 cook | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cook | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 cook | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cook | det |
| 5 | cook | cook | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 mate | det |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 mate | amod |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cook | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | the cook and a proper mate | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah he's a jester
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 jester | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 jester | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 jester | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 jester | det |
| 5 | jester | jester | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a jester | tree rules |
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