Test 3 · ★ · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…
so the prince was super bored riding solo, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: be · To what, where: bored riding solo
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | _ | 8 solo | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 solo | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 solo | cop |
| 5 | super | super | ADV | _ | 8 solo | advmod |
| 6 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 solo | amod |
| 7 | riding | riding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 solo | compound |
| 8 | solo | solo | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 solo | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 solo | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 solo | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the prince | bored riding solo | super property | 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
nah, he was chill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 chill | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chill | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chill | cop |
| 5 | chill | chill | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | chill property | tree rules |
Option 2
nah, he was totally vibing on his own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 vibing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 vibing | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 vibing | aux |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 vibing | advmod |
| 6 | vibing | vibe | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 own | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 own | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 vibing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vibe | past · progressive | he | his own | totally property | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah, kinda bored
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 bored | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yeah | punct |
| 3 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 4 bored | advmod |
| 4 | bored | bored | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yep, he was lowkey dying of boredom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 dying | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 dying | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 dying | aux |
| 5 | lowkey | lowkey | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 dying | amod |
| 6 | dying | die | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 boredom | case |
| 8 | boredom | boredom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 dying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | die | past · progressive | he | of boredom | vn die-42.4-1 «NP V PP.cause»: agent=Patient of boredom=Causer |
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