Test 2 · ★ · Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14:…
So who even is this bishop, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: bishop
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 803 «Andersen, The Bishop of Borglum and His Warriors, part 14: the widow's son returns, and Olaf Hase breaks into the church on Christmas night» 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 | _ | 6 bishop | advmod |
| 2 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 bishop | nsubj |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 bishop | advmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 bishop | cop |
| 5 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 bishop | det |
| 6 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bishop | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bishop | vocative |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 bishop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this bishop | mate vocative | 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 · ✓ the right answer
A right greedy old grafter who wants his cousin's land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 grafter | det |
| 2 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grafter | amod |
| 3 | greedy | greedy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grafter | amod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grafter | amod |
| 5 | grafter | grafter | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 wants | nsubj |
| 7 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 grafter | acl:relcl |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 land | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 cousin | case |
| 11 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a right greedy old grafter | his cousin's land | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
Option 2
A proper dodgy old grafter who nicked the abbey's money and wants land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 grafter | det |
| 2 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grafter | amod |
| 3 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grafter | amod |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 grafter | amod |
| 5 | grafter | grafter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wants | nsubj |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 nicked | nsubj |
| 7 | nicked | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 grafter | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 abbey | det |
| 9 | abbey | abbey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 money | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 abbey | case |
| 11 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 nicked | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 nicked | cc |
| 13 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | past | a proper dodgy old grafter | the abbey's money | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient | ||||
| 2 | want | present | a proper dodgy old grafter | land | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme |
Option 3
Some Danish churchman who grabbed the widow's rents and wants his cousin's land too
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 churchman | det |
| 2 | Danish | danish | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 churchman | amod |
| 3 | churchman | churchman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 grabbed | nsubj |
| 5 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 churchman | acl:relcl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 widow | det |
| 7 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rents | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 widow | case |
| 9 | rents | rent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grabbed | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 grabbed | cc |
| 11 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 13 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 land | nmod:poss |
| 14 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 13 cousin | case |
| 15 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wants | obj |
| 16 | too | too | ADV | _ | 11 wants | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | some Danish churchman | the widow's rents | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | want | present | some Danish churchman | churchman's cousin's land | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot land=Theme | ||||
| 3 | rent | the widow | nom rent «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
A bishop with a grudge about rent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bishop | det |
| 2 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 grudge | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 grudge | det |
| 5 | grudge | grudge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bishop | nmod |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 rent | case |
| 7 | rent | rent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grudge | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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