Test 1 · ★★ · The Mongols

kid in my class says genghis khan was just a cartoon baddie, not real

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, genghis khan · What happens: say, be, not be · To what, where: cartoon baddie · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 23 «The Mongols» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 class	case
3	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 class	nmod:poss
4	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 kid	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	genghis	genghis	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 khan	compound
7	khan	khan	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 baddie	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 baddie	cop
9	just	just	ADV	_	12 baddie	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 baddie	det
11	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 baddie	compound
12	baddie	baddie	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 real	punct
14	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 real	advmod
15	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 baddie	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	kid in my class		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	genghis khan	a cartoon baddie	tree rules
3	not be		genghis khan not said here		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

He was a Viking from Norway who sailed east

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 Viking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Viking	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 Viking	det
4	Viking	viking	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	6 Norway	case
6	Norway	Norway	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Viking	nmod
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 sailed	nsubj
8	sailed	sail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 Viking	acl:relcl
9	east	east	ADV	_	8 sailed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a Viking		Norway			tree rules
2	sail	past	a Viking					east property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He was a real ruler who built a huge empire from 1206

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ruler	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ruler	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 ruler	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 ruler	amod
5	ruler	ruler	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 built	nsubj
7	built	build	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 ruler	acl:relcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 empire	det
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 empire	amod
10	empire	empire	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 built	obj
11	from	from	ADP	_	12 1206	case
12	1206	1206	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a real ruler					tree rules
2	build	past	a real ruler	a huge empire		1206			vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP.product PP.material»: agent=Agent empire=Product from 1206=Material

Option 3

He was an English king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 king	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 king	cop
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 king	det
4	English	English	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 king	amod
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	He	a English king					tree rules

Option 4

He was a made-up character from a film

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 character	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 character	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 character	det
4	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 character	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	ADP	_	4 made	compound:prt
7	character	character	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 film	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 film	det
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 character	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make up	participle							vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	He	a made character		a film			tree rules

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