Test 4 · ★ · Household Tales, The Two Friends: a king's poison fails, a…
ngl that's kinda wild, what happened after the holy man showed up?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl, holy man · What happens: be, happen, show up
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | ngl | ngl | X | Foreign=Yes | 5 wild | nsubj |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 wild | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wild | cop |
| 4 | kinda | kinda | ADV | _ | 5 wild | advmod |
| 5 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 happened | punct |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 happened | nsubj |
| 8 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wild | parataxis |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 13 showed | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 man | det |
| 11 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 man | amod |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 showed | nsubj |
| 13 | showed | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 happened | advcl |
| 14 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 showed | compound:prt |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | ngl | kinda, wild property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | past | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | show up | past | the holy man | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
the holy man vanished in a cloud of smoke and the king was banished from the city forever after that night
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 man | det |
| 2 | holy | holy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 man | amod |
| 3 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vanished | nsubj |
| 4 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cloud | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cloud | det |
| 7 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 vanished | obl |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 smoke | case |
| 9 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cloud | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 banished | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 banished | nsubj |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 banished | aux:pass |
| 14 | banished | banish | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 vanished | conj |
| 15 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 city | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 city | det |
| 17 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 banished | obl |
| 18 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 14 banished | advmod |
| 19 | after | after | ADP | _ | 21 night | case |
| 20 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 21 night | det |
| 21 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 banished | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | past | the holy man | a cloud of smoke | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | banish | past · passive | the king | the city | night | forever property | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from city=Source | ||
| 3 | cloud | smoke | nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
the baby was alive and smiling in the cradle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 baby | det |
| 2 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 alive | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 alive | cop |
| 4 | alive | alive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 smiling | cc |
| 6 | smiling | smile | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 alive | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 cradle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 cradle | det |
| 9 | cradle | cradle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 smiling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the baby | alive property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | smile | gerund | the baby not said here | in the cradle | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cradle=Theme |
Option 3
the queen fainted on the floor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 queen | det |
| 2 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | fainted | faint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 queen | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 floor | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 floor | det |
| 6 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fainted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | faint | participle | the queen not said here | the floor | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
the friend woke up and ate lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 woke | nsubj |
| 3 | woke | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 woke | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 ate | cc |
| 6 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 woke | conj |
| 7 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ate | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wake up | past | the friend | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | eat | past | the friend not said here | lunch | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lunch=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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