Test 4 · ★ · PG 2435, How To Find Out A True Friend, part 61: the princ…
did the second dude act any different from the first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: second dude · What happens: act
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 act | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 dude | det |
| 3 | second | second | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 dude | amod |
| 4 | dude | dude | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 act | nsubj |
| 5 | act | act | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 different | det |
| 7 | different | different | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 act | advcl |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 first | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 first | det |
| 10 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 different | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 act | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | act | past · do-support | the second dude | vn act-114-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 went for the small one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 one | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 one | det |
| 7 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 one | amod |
| 8 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | he | for the small one | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for one=Beneficiary |
Option 2
nah, he snatched the big piece too and then left the prince behind completely
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 snatched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snatched | nsubj |
| 4 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 piece | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 piece | amod |
| 7 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snatched | obj |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 snatched | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 left | cc |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 left | advmod |
| 11 | left | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 snatched | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 prince | det |
| 13 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 left | obj |
| 14 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 15 completely | case |
| 15 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 11 left | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | past | he | the big piece | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | past | he not said here | the prince | then | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent prince=Theme behind completely=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he snatched the big piece too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 snatched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snatched | nsubj |
| 4 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 piece | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 piece | amod |
| 7 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snatched | obj |
| 8 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 snatched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | past | he | the big piece | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme |
Option 4
yep, he did the same thing, grabbing the big piece too, and the prince got upset about it
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yep | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 did | nsubj |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thing | det |
| 6 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 thing | amod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grabbing | punct |
| 9 | grabbing | grab | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 did | advcl |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 piece | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 piece | amod |
| 12 | piece | piece | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grabbing | obj |
| 13 | too | too | ADV | _ | 9 grabbing | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 got | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 prince | det |
| 17 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 got | nsubj |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 did | conj |
| 19 | upset | upset | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 got | xcomp |
| 20 | about | about | ADP | _ | 21 it | case |
| 21 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 upset | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | he | the same thing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | grab | gerund | he not said here | the big piece | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent piece=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | past | the prince | upset property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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