Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the…
what's the deal with that statue in the square?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 899 «Andersen's Tales, The Metal Pig: the boy sneaks out to the Metal Pig, Bellissima is taken by police, and the boy starts drawing» 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 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 what | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 deal | det |
| 4 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 what | nsubj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 statue | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 statue | det |
| 7 | statue | statue | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deal | nmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 square | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 square | det |
| 10 | square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 statue | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal with that statue in the square | 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 lady with the scales and the blindfold, holding a sword
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lady | det |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 scales | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 scales | det |
| 5 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lady | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 blindfold | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 blindfold | det |
| 8 | blindfold | blindfold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scales | conj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 lady | punct |
| 10 | holding | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 lady | acl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 sword | det |
| 12 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 holding | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | gerund | the lady with the scales and the blindfold not said here | a sword | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Theme |
Option 2
a bloke on a horse, I think
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 bloke | det |
| 2 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 think | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 horse | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 horse | det |
| 5 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bloke | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 bloke | punct |
| 7 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 8 think | nsubj |
| 8 | think | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | present | a bloke on a horse | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
a tall pillar with a lady on top, probably a saint from the church
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 pillar | det |
| 2 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 pillar | amod |
| 3 | pillar | pillar | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 lady | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lady | det |
| 6 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pillar | nmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 top | case |
| 8 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lady | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 saint | punct |
| 10 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 12 saint | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 saint | det |
| 12 | saint | saint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pillar | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 church | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 church | det |
| 15 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 saint | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the lady with the scales and the blindfold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lady | det |
| 2 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 scales | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 scales | det |
| 5 | scales | scale | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 lady | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 blindfold | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 blindfold | det |
| 8 | blindfold | blindfold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 scales | conj |
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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