Test 6 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…
Haha, her sisters were so jammy, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sisters · What happens: be
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Haha | haha | INTJ | _ | 7 jammy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Haha | punct |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 sisters | nmod:poss |
| 4 | sisters | sister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 jammy | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 jammy | cop |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 jammy | advmod |
| 7 | jammy | jammy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 jammy | punct |
| 9 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 7 jammy | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 jammy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | her sisters | jammy property | 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, they both married the king's best friends and lived in big houses by the river, so they were dead lucky
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 married | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 married | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 married | nsubj |
| 4 | both | both | ADV | _ | 5 married | advmod |
| 5 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 king | det |
| 7 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 friends | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 king | case |
| 9 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 friends | amod |
| 10 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 married | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 lived | cc |
| 12 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 married | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 houses | case |
| 14 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 houses | amod |
| 15 | houses | house | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 lived | obl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 river | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 river | det |
| 18 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 lived | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 24 lucky | punct |
| 20 | so | so | ADV | _ | 24 lucky | advmod |
| 21 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 24 lucky | nsubj |
| 22 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 lucky | cop |
| 23 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 lucky | amod |
| 24 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 married | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past | they | the king's best friends | both property | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient | |||
| 2 | live | past | they not said here | big houses | by the river | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in house=Location | |||
| 3 | is | past | friends = friend | lucky property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, they got married to rich lords, proper lucky
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 married | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 married | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 married | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 married | aux:pass |
| 5 | married | marry | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 lords | case |
| 7 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lords | amod |
| 8 | lords | lord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 married | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 married | punct |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 lucky | amod |
| 11 | lucky | lucky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 married | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past · passive | they | to rich lords | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to lord=Co-Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, they got rich off the fruit, mate
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 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | rich | rich | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 got | xcomp |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 fruit | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fruit | det |
| 8 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fruit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | they | the fruit and mate | rich property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme off fruit=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, they were gutted, their plants had withered
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 gutted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 gutted | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 gutted | aux:pass |
| 5 | gutted | gut | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 withered | punct |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 plants | nmod:poss |
| 8 | plants | plant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 withered | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 withered | aux |
| 10 | withered | wither | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 5 gutted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gut | past · passive | they | vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source | |||||
| 2 | wither | past · perfect | their plants | vn entity_specific_cos-45.5 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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