Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wi…
mate, what did the bishop reckon the loveliest rose was, innit?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bishop · What happens: be, innit
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 886 «Andersen's Tales, The Mail-Coach Passengers, part 97: a wise man hunts the loveliest rose, then twelve months arrive at the town gate on New Year's Eve» 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 | 7 reckon | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 reckon | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 reckon | obj |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reckon | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bishop | det |
| 6 | bishop | bishop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reckon | nsubj |
| 7 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 rose | det |
| 9 | loveliest | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 rose | amod |
| 10 | rose | rose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reckon | obj |
| 11 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 reckon | cop |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 innit | punct |
| 13 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 reckon | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 reckon | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · do-support | the bishop | mate obl; reckon property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | innit | infinitive | the bishop not said here | 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
a young lady kneeling at the altar rail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 lady | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 lady | amod |
| 3 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | kneeling | kneel | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 lady | acl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 rail | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rail | det |
| 7 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 rail | compound |
| 8 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kneeling | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kneel | gerund | a young lady not said here | the altar rail | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at rail=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
a maiden at the altar
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 maiden | det |
| 2 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 altar | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 altar | det |
| 5 | altar | altar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 maiden | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
the lass in the front pew saying her vows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lass | det |
| 2 | lass | lass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saying | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 pew | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pew | det |
| 5 | front | front | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 pew | amod |
| 6 | pew | pew | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lass | nmod |
| 7 | saying | say | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 vows | nmod:poss |
| 9 | vows | vow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 saying | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the lass in the front pew | lass's vows | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent vow=Topic | ||||
| 2 | vow | lass | nom vow «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
a girl in the chapel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 chapel | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 chapel | det |
| 5 | chapel | chapel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | 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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