Test 1 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…
yo, did the king seriously try to poison the prince's bff?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: try, poison · To what, where: bff
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 722 «Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a friend is revived, and a saint asks for a baby's blood» 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 | yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 3 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 yo | punct |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 try | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 7 try | advmod |
| 7 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 poison | mark |
| 9 | poison | poison | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 try | xcomp |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 prince | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 bff | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 prince | case |
| 13 | bff | bff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 poison | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 try | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | past · do-support | seriously property | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | poison not said to happen | to-infinitive | the prince's bff | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bff=Patient |
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
fr, the king was super salty about the whole thing so he secretly dropped poison in the prince's drink at bedtime
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 salty | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 salty | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 salty | cop |
| 6 | super | super | ADV | _ | 7 salty | advmod |
| 7 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 fr | appos |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 thing | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 thing | det |
| 10 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 thing | amod |
| 11 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 salty | obl |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 dropped | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 dropped | nsubj |
| 14 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 15 dropped | advmod |
| 15 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 16 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 drink | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 prince | det |
| 19 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 drink | nmod:poss |
| 20 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 19 prince | case |
| 21 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | obl |
| 22 | at | at | ADP | _ | 23 bedtime | case |
| 23 | bedtime | bedtime | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the king | about the whole thing; salty, super property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drop | past | fr | poison | the prince's drink | at bedtime; secretly property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in drink=Destination at bedtime=Initial_Location |
Option 2
nah, the king just gave him a sleepy drink at dinner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 gave | advmod |
| 6 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gave | iobj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 drink | det |
| 9 | sleepy | sleepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 drink | amod |
| 10 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gave | obj |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 dinner | case |
| 12 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 drink | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | a sleepy drink | him = he | dinner | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient drink=Theme at dinner=Asset |
Option 3
lowkey yes, he put poison in the friend's cup
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lowkey | lowkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 put | nsubj |
| 2 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 put | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 put | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 put | nsubj |
| 5 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cup | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 friend | det |
| 9 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cup | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 friend | case |
| 11 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | past | lowkey | poison | the friend's cup | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent poison=Theme in cup=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
fr, the king was salty and dropped poison in his drink
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fr | fr | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 salty | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 fr | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 salty | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 salty | cop |
| 6 | salty | salty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 poison | cc |
| 8 | dropped | drop | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 poison | amod |
| 9 | poison | poison | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 salty | conj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 drink | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 drink | nmod:poss |
| 12 | drink | drink | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 poison | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | fr | salty property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | drop | participle | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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