Test 9 · ★ · Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken…
Wot did the queen do when Omar came charging in?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Wot, Omar · What happens: do, come, charge · To what, where: queen
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 717 «Hauff's Tales, The False Prince, part 57: Labakan is taken for the prince, but the queen doubts him» 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 | Wot | Wot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 came | aux |
| 6 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 came | advmod |
| 7 | Omar | Omar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 did | parataxis |
| 9 | charging | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 came | advcl |
| 10 | in | in | ADV | _ | 9 charging | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Wot | the queen | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | come | present · do-support | Omar | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | charge | gerund | Omar not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer
Stood up and yelled "Hold!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Stood | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 yelled | cc |
| 4 | yelled | yell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stood | conj |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hold | punct |
| 6 | Hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 yelled | xcomp |
| 7 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hold | punct |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 Hold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | past | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | yell speech: express | participle | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | hold in a quote | infinitive | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fell back in her chair and covered her face with both hands as the men dragged him away
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fell | fell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Fell | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chair | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 chair | nmod:poss |
| 5 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fell | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 covered | cc |
| 7 | covered | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Fell | conj |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 face | nmod:poss |
| 9 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 covered | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 hands | case |
| 11 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 hands | det |
| 12 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 covered | obl |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 16 dragged | mark |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 men | det |
| 15 | men | man | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 dragged | nsubj |
| 16 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Fell | advcl |
| 17 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 dragged | obj |
| 18 | away | away | ADV | _ | 16 dragged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fell back | imperative | you not said here | her chair | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | cover | past | you not said here | her face | with both hands | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent face=Destination with hand=Theme | |||
| 3 | drag away | past | the men | him = he | away property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 3
Stood up slowly from her golden throne and quietly signalled her guards to stop him
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Stood | compound:prt |
| 3 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Stood | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 throne | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 throne | nmod:poss |
| 6 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 throne | amod |
| 7 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stood | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 signalled | cc |
| 9 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 10 signalled | advmod |
| 10 | signalled | signall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stood | conj |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 guards | nmod:poss |
| 12 | guards | guard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 signalled | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 stop | mark |
| 14 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 signalled | advcl |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | past | her golden throne | slowly property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | signall | past | her guards | quietly property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop | to-infinitive | him = he | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality |
Option 4
Stood and shouted "Stop!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 shouted | cc |
| 3 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stood | conj |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Stop | punct |
| 5 | Stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 shouted | ccomp |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 Stop | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 5 Stop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | past | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | stop in a quote | infinitive | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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