Test 2 · Castles, knights and cathedrals
Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300. Right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, King Arthur · What happens: say, be · To what, where: real king, 1300 · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 of lesson 21 «Castles, knights and cathedrals» of the history 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: Ella says King Arthur was a real king of England in 1300.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ella | Ella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Arthur | compound |
| 4 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 king | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 king | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 king | amod |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | ccomp |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 England | case |
| 10 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 king | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 1300 | case |
| 12 | 1300 | 1300 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 king | nmod |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Ella | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | King Arthur | a real king | 1300 | of England | 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.
Sentence 2: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
No, he was a French knight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 knight | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 knight | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 knight | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 knight | det |
| 6 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 knight | amod |
| 7 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | he | a French knight | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, he ruled England for fifty years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 ruled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ruled | nsubj |
| 4 | ruled | rule | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | England | England | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 ruled | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 years | case |
| 7 | fifty | fifty | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 years | nummod |
| 8 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ruled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | past | he | England | year | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent england=Result |
Option 3
Yes, he built Lincoln Cathedral with his knights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 built | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 built | nsubj |
| 4 | built | build | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | Lincoln | Lincoln | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 Cathedral | compound |
| 6 | Cathedral | Cathedral | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 built | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 knights | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 knights | nmod:poss |
| 9 | knights | knight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 built | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | build | past | he | Lincoln Cathedral | with Cathedral's knights | vn base-97.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent cathedral=Theme with knight=Source |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, Arthur is a legend, not proven history
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 legend | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | Arthur | Arthur | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 legend | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 legend | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 legend | det |
| 6 | legend | legend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 history | punct |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 proven | advmod |
| 9 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 history | amod |
| 10 | history | history | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 legend | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Arthur | a legend and proven history | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not prove | participle | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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