Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels…
so like, why's the horse rocking gold shoes?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: horse · What happens: rock · To what, where: gold shoes
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 798 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Beetle Who Went on His Travels: a vain beetle wants golden shoes and finds only mud» 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 rocking | advmod |
| 2 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 8 rocking | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 like | punct |
| 4 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 rocking | advmod |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 rocking | aux |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 horse | det |
| 7 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rocking | nsubj |
| 8 | rocking | rock | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 shoes | compound |
| 10 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 rocking | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 rocking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rock | present · progressive | the horse | gold shoes | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location shoe=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
He saved the Emperor's life in a battle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 saved | nsubj |
| 2 | saved | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Emperor | det |
| 4 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 life | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Emperor | case |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saved | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 battle | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 battle | det |
| 9 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 saved | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past | He | the Emperor's life | a battle | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent life=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He was given them by the Emperor's grandmother after a long journey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 given | aux:pass |
| 3 | given | give | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 given | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 grandmother | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Emperor | det |
| 7 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 grandmother | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 Emperor | case |
| 9 | grandmother | grandmother | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 13 journey | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 journey | det |
| 12 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 journey | amod |
| 13 | journey | journey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 given | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past · passive | the Emperor's grandmother | He | after a long journey | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient they=Theme |
Option 3
He won a great race for the Emperor against all the horses of the realm and the kingdom
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 won | nsubj |
| 2 | won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 race | det |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 race | amod |
| 5 | race | race | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 Emperor | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Emperor | det |
| 8 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 won | obl |
| 9 | against | against | ADP | _ | 12 horses | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 horses | det:predet |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 horses | det |
| 12 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 won | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 realm | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 realm | det |
| 15 | realm | realm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 horses | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 kingdom | cc |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 kingdom | det |
| 18 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 realm | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win | past | He | a great race | for the Emperor; against all horses of the realm and the kingdom | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent race=Theme for emperor=Beneficiary |
Option 4
He carried the Emperor across the river
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 carried | nsubj |
| 2 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Emperor | det |
| 4 | Emperor | Emperor | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obj |
| 5 | across | across | ADP | _ | 7 river | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 river | det |
| 7 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carried | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | He | the Emperor | the river | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent emperor=Theme |
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