Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plan…
Mate, did the professor get proper paid for his bit of writing?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, pay · To what, where: professor
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 847 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, A Leaf from Heaven: a scorned plant is lost and a king grieves» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Mate | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 professor | det |
| 5 | professor | professor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 paid | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 paid | aux:pass |
| 7 | proper | properly | ADV | _ | 8 paid | advmod |
| 8 | paid | pay | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 did | parataxis |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 bit | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 bit | nmod:poss |
| 11 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 paid | obl |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 writing | case |
| 13 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bit | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Mate | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | pay | present · passive | the professor | for professor's bit of writing; properly property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Asset for bit=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, he got some coins
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 coins | det |
| 6 | coins | coin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | some coins | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer coin=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yeah, he got a massive pile of gold for his treatise and a seat at court
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pile | det |
| 6 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pile | amod |
| 7 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pile | nmod |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 treatise | case |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 treatise | nmod:poss |
| 12 | treatise | treatise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 seat | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 seat | det |
| 15 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 treatise | conj |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 court | case |
| 17 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 seat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | a massive pile of gold | for his treatise and a seat at court | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent pile=Theme for treatise=Source |
Option 3
Yeah, he got loads of gold and a proper big title from the king
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loads | nmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 title | cc |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 title | det |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 title | amod |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 title | amod |
| 12 | title | title | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gold | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 king | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 king | det |
| 15 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | loads of gold and a proper big title | from the king | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent load=Theme from king=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he got loads of gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 gold | case |
| 7 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loads | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | he | loads of gold | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus |
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