Test 10 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…
Bro, was the king a bit of a drama queen at the end?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: king
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 723 «Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl outwits the king and saves her father» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 king | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | nmod:unmarked |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 queen | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 queen | det |
| 10 | drama | drama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 queen | compound |
| 11 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bit | nmod |
| 12 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 end | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 end | det |
| 14 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 queen | nmod |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 king | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the king | Bro vocative; a bit of a drama queen at the end nmod:unmarked | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he nearly stabbed himself, dead dramatic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 stabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stabbed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stabbed | nsubj |
| 4 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 5 stabbed | advmod |
| 5 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 5 stabbed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 stabbed | punct |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 dramatic | amod |
| 9 | dramatic | dramatic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stabbed | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stab | past | he | himself = he | dramatic, nearly property | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he got so worked up he started yelling at everyone in the hall and then sat down and sobbed, bro, mad
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 started | advcl |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 worked | advmod |
| 6 | worked | work | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 got | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 worked | compound:prt |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 started | nsubj |
| 9 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | yelling | yell | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 started | xcomp |
| 11 | at | at | ADP | _ | 12 everyone | case |
| 12 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 10 yelling | obl |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 hall | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hall | det |
| 15 | hall | hall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 everyone | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 sat | cc |
| 17 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 18 sat | advmod |
| 18 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 started | conj |
| 19 | down | down | ADP | _ | 18 sat | compound:prt |
| 20 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 sobbed | cc |
| 21 | sobbed | sob | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 sat | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 bro | punct |
| 23 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 sobbed | parataxis |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 25 mad | punct |
| 25 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 started | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | work up | participle | he not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | start | past | he | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | yell speech: express | gerund | he not said here | at everyone | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at everyone=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | sit down | past | he not said here | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 6 | sob | participle | he not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he fainted on the floor, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 fainted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 fainted | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fainted | nsubj |
| 4 | fainted | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 floor | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 floor | det |
| 7 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fainted | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 floor | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | faint | past | he | the floor and mate | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yeah, he had a massive tantrum, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 had | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 had | nsubj |
| 4 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tantrum | det |
| 6 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tantrum | amod |
| 7 | tantrum | tantrum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 had | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tantrum | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | he | a massive tantrum | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tantrum=Patient |
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