Test 7 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…
Wait, what's with the doll on a string?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: string
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 doll | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 doll | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 doll | cop |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 doll | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 doll | det |
| 7 | doll | doll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 string | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 string | det |
| 10 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 doll | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a string | with the doll | 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
It made the king think a ghost was talking, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 made | nsubj |
| 2 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 made | obj |
| 5 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 made | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 ghost | det |
| 7 | ghost | ghost | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 talking | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 talking | aux |
| 9 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 think | ccomp |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 made | punct |
| 11 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 made | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | It | the king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | infinitive | the king not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | talk | past · progressive | a ghost | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
She hung it from the ceiling so it spun round and the king thought Maria had turned into a spirit, mate, proper creepy
The tree, 23 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 hung | nsubj |
| 2 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hung | obj |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 ceiling | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ceiling | det |
| 6 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hung | obl |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 spun | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 spun | nsubj |
| 9 | spun | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hung | conj |
| 10 | round | round | ADV | _ | 9 spun | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 thought | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 thought | nsubj |
| 14 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 hung | conj |
| 15 | Maria | Maria | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 turned | nsubj |
| 16 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 turned | aux |
| 17 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 thought | ccomp |
| 18 | into | into | ADP | _ | 20 spirit | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 spirit | det |
| 20 | spirit | spirit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 turned | obl |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 22 mate | punct |
| 22 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 spirit | conj |
| 23 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 hung | punct |
| 24 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 25 creepy | amod |
| 25 | creepy | creepy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 hung | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past | She | it | the ceiling | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||
| 2 | spin round | past | ceiling | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | think speech: other | past | the king | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | turn | past · perfect | Maria | a spirit and mate | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into spirit=Trajectory |
Option 3
It was a trick to scare the king, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 trick | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 trick | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trick | det |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 scare | mark |
| 6 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 trick | acl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scare | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 mate | punct |
| 10 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | scare | to-infinitive | the king and mate | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus king=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She pulled it so it nodded yes and no, genius
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 pulled | nsubj |
| 2 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 pulled | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 nodded | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 nodded | nsubj |
| 6 | nodded | nod | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 pulled | conj |
| 7 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 nodded | discourse |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 genius | cc |
| 9 | no | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 11 genius | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 no | punct |
| 11 | genius | genius | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pulled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | past | She | it | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | nod | past | it | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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