Test 3 · Castles, knights and cathedrals
In a film the Crusaders are all heroes and the other side all villains. What is fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Crusaders · What happens: be · To what, where: heroes
This is test 3 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: In a film the Crusaders are all heroes and the other side all villains.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 villains | obl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Crusaders | det |
| 5 | Crusaders | crusader | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 heroes | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 heroes | cop |
| 7 | all | all | ADV | _ | 8 heroes | advmod |
| 8 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 film | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 side | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 side | det |
| 11 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 side | amod |
| 12 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 heroes | conj |
| 13 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 villains | det |
| 14 | villains | villain | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 14 villains | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Crusaders | heroes and the other side | all property | 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: What is fairer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 fairer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fairer | cop |
| 3 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 fairer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fair property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The film is exactly right about everything
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 film | det |
| 2 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 right | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 right | cop |
| 4 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 right | advmod |
| 5 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 everything | case |
| 7 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the film | about everything; exactly, right property | tree rules |
Option 2
The Muslims were always the only heroes in every battle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Muslims | det |
| 2 | Muslims | Muslim | PROPN | Number=Plur | 7 heroes | nsubj |
| 3 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 heroes | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 heroes | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 heroes | det |
| 6 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 heroes | amod |
| 7 | heroes | hero | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 battle | case |
| 9 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 battle | det |
| 10 | battle | battle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 heroes | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Muslims | the only heroes | every battle | always property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Both sides did brave things and cruel things
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 sides | det |
| 2 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 things | amod |
| 5 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 things | cc |
| 7 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 things | amod |
| 8 | things | thing | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 things | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | both sides | brave things and cruel things | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality |
Option 4
Nobody actually fought in the Crusades
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 fought | nsubj |
| 2 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 3 fought | advmod |
| 3 | fought | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 Crusades | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Crusades | det |
| 6 | Crusades | Crusade | PROPN | Number=Plur | 3 fought | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | past | Nobody | the Crusades | actually property | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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