Test 11 · ★ · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…
so the prince says he's brothers with the third dude, that's it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince, that · What happens: say, be · To what, where: brothers, dude · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 721 «PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the prince tests two travelling companions with apples and finds a true friend» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 says | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 brothers | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 brothers | cop |
| 7 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 dude | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dude | det |
| 10 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 11 dude | amod |
| 11 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brothers | nmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 it | punct |
| 13 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 15 it | nsubj |
| 14 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 it | cop |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 brothers | appos |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the prince | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | prince | brothers | with the third dude | tree rules | |||
| 3 | is a | present | that | dude | 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 · ✓ the right answer
yup, and they share everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 share | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 share | cc |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 share | nsubj |
| 5 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 yup | acl:relcl |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 share | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | they | everything | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yup, they're brothers now and share everything from the apples to the road
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 share | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 brothers | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 brothers | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 brothers | cop |
| 5 | brothers | brother | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 yup | appos |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 share | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 share | cc |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 share | obj |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 apples | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 apples | det |
| 12 | apples | apple | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 share | obl |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 road | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 road | det |
| 15 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 share | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | they | brothers | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | share | present | yup | everything | the apples | now | to the road | tree rules |
Option 3
yup, and they share everything they own, including their horses and purses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 share | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 share | cc |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 share | nsubj |
| 5 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 yup | acl:relcl |
| 6 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 share | obj |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 own | nsubj |
| 8 | own | own | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 everything | acl:relcl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 own | punct |
| 10 | including | including | ADP | _ | 12 horses | case |
| 11 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 horses | nmod:poss |
| 12 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 share | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 purses | cc |
| 14 | purses | purse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 horses | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | present | they | everything | including their horses and purses | tree rules | |||
| 2 | own | present | they | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4
yup, they split the apple only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yup | yup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yup | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 split | nsubj |
| 4 | split | split | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 apple | det |
| 6 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 split | obj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 split | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split | past | they | the apple | yup vocative | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent apple=Patient |
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