Test 3 · The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia
A friend says the Taj Mahal is a palace where the emperor lived. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, Taj Mahal, emperor · What happens: say, be, live · To what, where: palace · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 of lesson 35 «The Mughals, the Ming and the empires of Asia» of the geography 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
Sentence 1: A friend says the Taj Mahal is a palace where the emperor lived.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Mahal | det |
| 5 | Taj | Taj | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Mahal | compound |
| 6 | Mahal | Mahal | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 palace | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 palace | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 palace | det |
| 9 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | ccomp |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 13 lived | advmod |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 emperor | det |
| 12 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 lived | nsubj |
| 13 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 palace | acl:relcl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | the Taj Mahal | a palace | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | live | past | the emperor | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, it was Akbar's bedroom and throne room
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bedroom | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bedroom | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 bedroom | cop |
| 5 | Akbar | Akbar | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 bedroom | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Akbar | case |
| 7 | bedroom | bedroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 room | cc |
| 9 | throne | throne | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 room | compound |
| 10 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | Akbar's bedroom | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It is a tomb Shah Jahan built for his wife
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tomb | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tomb | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tomb | det |
| 4 | tomb | tomb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 built | nsubj |
| 5 | Shah | Shah | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 tomb | appos |
| 6 | Jahan | Jahan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Shah | flat |
| 7 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 wife | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 wife | nmod:poss |
| 10 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a tomb | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | build | past | a tomb | for tomb's wife | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for wife=Beneficiary |
Option 3
It is a Ming fort
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 fort | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fort | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fort | det |
| 4 | Ming | Ming | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 fort | compound |
| 5 | fort | fort | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a Ming fort | tree rules |
Option 4
It is a church built by the British
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 church | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 church | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 church | det |
| 4 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | built | build | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 church | acl |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 8 British | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 British | det |
| 8 | British | British | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a church | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | build | participle | a church not said here | by the British | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
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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