Test 6 · ★ · Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is mar…
that princess was rude to everyone, wasn't she?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: be, not be
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 783 «Grimm, King Grisly-beard, part 59: a proud princess is married off to a beggar fiddler» 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 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rude | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | cop |
| 4 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 rude | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 everyone | punct |
| 8 | was | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 rude | conj |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 was | advmod |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 rude | nsubj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 rude | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | that princess | to everyone; rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not be | past | that princess not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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 · ✓ the right answer
totally, she called one guy a dumpling
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 4 called | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 called | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 guy | nummod |
| 6 | guy | guy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 dumpling | det |
| 8 | dumpling | dumpling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | she | one guy | totally property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent guy=Recipient |
Option 2
yeah, she mocked the poor fiddler
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 mocked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 mocked | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 mocked | nsubj |
| 4 | mocked | mock | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fiddler | det |
| 6 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 fiddler | amod |
| 7 | fiddler | fiddler | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mocked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mock | past | she | the poor fiddler | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddler=Theme |
Option 3
totally, rude
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 3 rude | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 totally | punct |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
totally, she called a man a fool
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 4 called | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 totally | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 called | nsubj |
| 4 | called | call | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | obj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fool | det |
| 8 | fool | fool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past | she | a man | totally property | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent man=Recipient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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