Test 8 · ★ · Sicilian Tales, Maria and the King, part 1: a clever girl…
Ngl, was the king well angry about the flower basket?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: be · To what, where: king
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | 5 king | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ngl | 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 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 angry | advmod |
| 7 | angry | angry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 king | amod |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 11 basket | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 basket | det |
| 10 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 basket | compound |
| 11 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 angry | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 king | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Ngl | the king | 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, he was raging, it was a proper flop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 raging | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 raging | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 raging | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 raging | aux |
| 5 | raging | rage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 raging | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 flop | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 flop | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 flop | det |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 flop | amod |
| 11 | flop | flop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 raging | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rage | past · progressive | he | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a proper flop | tree rules |
Option 2
Nah, he thought it was funny, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 thought | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 thought | nsubj |
| 4 | thought | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 funny | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 funny | cop |
| 7 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 thought | ccomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 thought | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | past | he | mate vocative | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | past | it | funny property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nah, he just laughed at the flower basket and sent the kids back home, it was a proper giggle, bro, no drama
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 laughed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 laughed | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 laughed | advmod |
| 5 | laughed | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 basket | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 basket | det |
| 8 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 basket | compound |
| 9 | basket | basket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laughed | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sent | cc |
| 11 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 laughed | conj |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 kids | det |
| 13 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sent | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 sent | advmod |
| 15 | home | home | ADV | _ | 11 sent | advmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 giggle | punct |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 giggle | nsubj |
| 18 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 giggle | cop |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 giggle | det |
| 20 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 giggle | amod |
| 21 | giggle | giggle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 laughed | parataxis |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 bro | punct |
| 23 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 giggle | conj |
| 24 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 drama | punct |
| 25 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 26 drama | det |
| 26 | drama | drama | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 giggle | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | past | he | the flower basket | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | send back | past | he not said here | the kids | home property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme | |||
| 3 | is a | past | basket | a proper giggle and bro and no drama | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was raging, it was a proper trick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 raging | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 raging | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 raging | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 raging | aux |
| 5 | raging | rage | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 raging | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 trick | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 trick | cop |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 trick | det |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 trick | amod |
| 11 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 raging | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rage | past · progressive | he | vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | a proper trick | tree rules |
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