Test 4 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…
Ngl, how did Maria get the king off her trail?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: get · To what, where: king
This is test 4 · ★ 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 | Ngl | Ngl | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | punct |
| 3 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 get | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 get | aux |
| 5 | Maria | Maria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 trail | case |
| 10 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 trail | nmod:poss |
| 11 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past · do-support | Ngl | the king | off Maria's trail | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer king=Stimulus |
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
She cried and begged him, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cried | nsubj |
| 2 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 begged | cc |
| 4 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 cried | conj |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 begged | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 cried | punct |
| 7 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 cried | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cry speech: express | past | She | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | She not said here | him = he | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She hid in the garden shed and then bolted through the gate when he was looking the other way, proper slick
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 shed | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 shed | det |
| 5 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shed | compound |
| 6 | shed | shed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bolted | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 bolted | advmod |
| 9 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 hid | conj |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 gate | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 gate | det |
| 12 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bolted | obl |
| 13 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 16 looking | mark |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 looking | nsubj |
| 15 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 16 looking | aux |
| 16 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 bolted | advcl |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 way | det |
| 18 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 way | amod |
| 19 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 looking | obl:unmarked |
| 20 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 slick | punct |
| 21 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 slick | amod |
| 22 | slick | slick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hid | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | She | proper slick | the garden shed | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in shed=Location | |||
| 2 | bolt | participle | She not said here | the gate | then | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through gate=Initial_Location | |||
| 3 | look | past · progressive | he | the other way | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
She went back home and hid, bro
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 went | nsubj |
| 2 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 2 went | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hid | cc |
| 6 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 went | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bro | punct |
| 8 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hid | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | She | home property | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hide | past | She not said here | bro | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bro=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She hid and bolted, slipped him proper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 bolted | cc |
| 4 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 slipped | punct |
| 6 | slipped | slip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hid | parataxis |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 slipped | obj |
| 8 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 2 hid | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | She | properly property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bolt | past | She not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | slip | past | him = he | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
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