Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 20…
Who was the bridegroom wearing the thistle, like?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bridegroom · What happens: be, wear · To what, where: bridegroom, thistle
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 998 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Thistle's Experiences, part 209: a prince leaves a proud princess, and a thistle dreams of glory» 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 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 bridegroom | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 bridegroom | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bridegroom | det |
| 4 | bridegroom | bridegroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | wearing | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 bridegroom | acl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 thistle | det |
| 7 | thistle | thistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wearing | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 wearing | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 bridegroom | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the bridegroom | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wear | gerund | the bridegroom not said here | the thistle | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent thistle=Source |
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 young farmer's boy, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 farmer | det |
| 2 | young | young | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 farmer | amod |
| 3 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boy | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 farmer | case |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boy | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The lad who married the princess, the son of the house, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lad | det |
| 2 | lad | lad | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 married | nsubj |
| 4 | married | marry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 lad | acl:relcl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 married | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 son | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 son | det |
| 9 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lad | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 house | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 house | det |
| 12 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 son | nmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mate | punct |
| 14 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 lad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | marry | past | the lad and the son of the house and mate | the princess | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient |
Option 3
The bloke in the posh suit with the flower, the one from the palings, mate
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bloke | det |
| 2 | bloke | bloke | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 suit | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 suit | det |
| 5 | posh | posh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 suit | amod |
| 6 | suit | suit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bloke | nmod |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 flower | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 flower | det |
| 9 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 suit | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 one | punct |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 one | det |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 suit | conj |
| 13 | from | from | ADP | _ | 15 palings | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palings | det |
| 15 | palings | paling | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 one | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 mate | punct |
| 17 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bloke | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The son of the house, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 son | det |
| 2 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 house | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 house | det |
| 5 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 son | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 son | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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