Test 12 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…
So she was the hero the whole time, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: be · To what, where: hero
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 hero | advmod |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hero | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 hero | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 hero | det |
| 5 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 time | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 time | amod |
| 8 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hero | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 hero | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 hero | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 hero | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | the hero | time | 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
Nah, mate, her sisters did loads of the work too, especially the eldest with the medlars, so it wasn't just her
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 sisters | nmod:poss |
| 6 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 did | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 did | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 work | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 work | det |
| 11 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 loads | nmod |
| 12 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 did | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 eldest | punct |
| 14 | especially | especially | ADV | _ | 16 eldest | advmod |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 eldest | det |
| 16 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 did | parataxis |
| 17 | with | with | ADP | _ | 19 medlars | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 medlars | det |
| 19 | medlars | medlar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 eldest | obl |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 her | punct |
| 21 | so | so | ADV | _ | 26 her | advmod |
| 22 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 26 her | nsubj |
| 23 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 26 her | cop |
| 24 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 26 her | advmod |
| 25 | just | just | ADV | _ | 26 her | advmod |
| 26 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 did | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | her sisters | loads of the work | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not is a | past | work | her = she | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she was the main one, bro, sorted
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bro | punct |
| 9 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sorted | punct |
| 11 | sorted | sort | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 one | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | the main one and bro | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sort | participle | the main one and bro not said here | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, mate, she was basically the boss of everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 9 boss | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 mate | punct |
| 3 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Yeah | vocative |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 boss | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 boss | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 boss | cop |
| 7 | basically | basically | ADV | _ | 9 boss | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 boss | det |
| 9 | boss | boss | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 everything | case |
| 11 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 boss | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | the boss | of everything; basically property | tree rules |
Option 4
Yeah, she was the main one, dead clever, no cap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 one | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 one | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 one | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 one | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 clever | punct |
| 9 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 clever | amod |
| 10 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cap | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 cap | det |
| 13 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 one | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | she | the main one | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | she not said here | tree rules |
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