Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the…
did the roses really sit on the throne like king and queen, no cap
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: roses · What happens: do, sit · To what, where: cap, throne
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 873 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, Little Ida's Flowers, part 84: the golden wedding under the elder-tree, then Ida's withered flowers and the student's tale of the flower ball» 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 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 roses | det |
| 3 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 sit | nsubj |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 sit | advmod |
| 5 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 did | parataxis |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 throne | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 throne | det |
| 8 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sit | obl |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 king | case |
| 10 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 throne | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 queen | cc |
| 12 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 king | conj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 cap | punct |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 cap | det |
| 15 | cap | cap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 did | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | no cap | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | sit | present | the roses | the throne like king and queen | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |
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
yeah the two biggest roses were the king and queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 king | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 roses | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 roses | nummod |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 roses | amod |
| 5 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 king | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 king | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 queen | cc |
| 10 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the two biggest roses | the king and queen | tree rules |
Option 2
yeah the roses were
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 roses | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 roses | det |
| 3 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 roses | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the roses | tree rules |
Option 3
yeah the two tulips were the royal pair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 pair | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 tulips | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 tulips | nummod |
| 4 | tulips | tulip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 pair | nsubj |
| 5 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 pair | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 pair | det |
| 7 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pair | amod |
| 8 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the two tulips | the royal pair | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
yeah the two biggest roses were the king and queen and they sat on a golden throne in the middle of the ballroom
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 king | discourse |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 roses | det |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 roses | nummod |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 roses | amod |
| 5 | roses | rose | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 king | nsubj |
| 6 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 king | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sat | nsubj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 queen | cc |
| 10 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 king | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sat | cc |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sat | nsubj |
| 13 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 throne | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 throne | det |
| 16 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 throne | amod |
| 17 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sat | obl |
| 18 | in | in | ADP | _ | 20 middle | case |
| 19 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 20 middle | det |
| 20 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sat | obl |
| 21 | of | of | ADP | _ | 23 ballroom | case |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 ballroom | det |
| 23 | ballroom | ballroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the two biggest roses | the king and queen | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit | past | the king and queen | a golden throne | in the middle of the ballroom | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on throne=Location |
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