Test 11 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird'…
what did the eldest princess say the noise was, the stupid noise
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: eldest princess, noise · What happens: do, say, be · To what, where: stupid noise · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 732 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Sparrow and the Carter: the bird's revenge, then the twelve dancing princesses begin» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 say | obj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | acl:relcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 4 | eldest | eld | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 princess | amod |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | nsubj |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 noise | det |
| 8 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 noise | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 noise | cop |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 noise | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 noise | det |
| 12 | stupid | stupid | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 noise | amod |
| 13 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 say | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | the eldest princess | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is a | past | the noise | the stupid noise | 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
she said it was the princes shouting for joy from far away across the lake
The tree, 15 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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 princes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 princes | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princes | det |
| 6 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | ccomp |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 princes | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 joy | case |
| 9 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shouting | obl |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 far | case |
| 11 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 12 away | advmod |
| 12 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 shouting | advmod |
| 13 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 lake | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 lake | det |
| 15 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the princes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | gerund | the princes not said here | the lake | for joy; away property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
she said it was the princes shouting for joy
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 princes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 princes | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princes | det |
| 6 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | ccomp |
| 7 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 princes | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 joy | case |
| 9 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shouting | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the princes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | gerund | the princes not said here | for joy | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient |
Option 3
she said it was the princes laughing loudly
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 princes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 princes | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princes | det |
| 6 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | ccomp |
| 7 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 princes | acl |
| 8 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 7 laughing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the princes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | laugh | gerund | the princes not said here | loudly property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
she said it was the princes singing
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 said | nsubj |
| 2 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 princes | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 princes | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princes | det |
| 6 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 said | ccomp |
| 7 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 princes | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | it | the princes | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sing speech: express | gerund | the princes not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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