Test 3 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…
why'd the prince even give up his own baby??
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: prince · What happens: give up · To what, where: own baby
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 give | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 4 prince | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | nsubj |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 give | advmod |
| 6 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 give | compound:prt |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 baby | nmod:poss |
| 9 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 baby | amod |
| 10 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 give | obj |
| 11 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 6 give | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | infinitive | the prince | prince's own baby | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Source |
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
cause the holy man told him to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 told | ccomp |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 3 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 man | amod |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 told | nsubj |
| 5 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 told | iobj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 told | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the holy man | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic |
Option 2
cause the prince wanted to be a hero in the eyes of everyone, the king, the queen, and the whole city
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 cause | ccomp |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 hero | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 hero | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hero | det |
| 8 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 eyes | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 eyes | det |
| 11 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 hero | nmod |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 everyone | case |
| 13 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 11 eyes | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 king | punct |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 king | det |
| 16 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 everyone | appos |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 queen | punct |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 queen | det |
| 19 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 king | conj |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 city | punct |
| 21 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 city | cc |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 city | det |
| 23 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 city | amod |
| 24 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 cause | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | imperative | you not said here | the whole city | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | past | the prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | is a not said to happen | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | a hero | the eyes of everyone | tree rules |
Option 3
cause the saint said it was a sign of faith
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 said | ccomp |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 saint | det |
| 3 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sign | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 sign | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sign | det |
| 8 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | ccomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 faith | case |
| 10 | faith | faith | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sign | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | infinitive | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | the saint | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | saint | a sign | of faith | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
cause he swore to treat his friend like a brother
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | cause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swore | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 swore | nsubj |
| 3 | swore | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 treat | mark |
| 5 | treat | treat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 swore | xcomp |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 friend | nmod:poss |
| 7 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 treat | obj |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 brother | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 brother | det |
| 10 | brother | brother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 treat | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | past | cause | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | treat | to-infinitive | cause not said here | cause's friend | like a brother | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient |
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