Test 5 · ★★ · The Mongols
What would a messenger without a paiza probably find at a Mongol relay station?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: messenger · What happens: find · To what, where: Mongol relay station
This is test 5 · ★★ 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 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 9 find | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 find | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 messenger | det |
| 4 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | nsubj |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 paiza | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 paiza | det |
| 7 | paiza | paiza | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 messenger | nmod |
| 8 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 9 find | advmod |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 station | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 station | det |
| 12 | Mongol | mongol | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 station | compound |
| 13 | relay | relay | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 station | compound |
| 14 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obl |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 find | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | would | a messenger without a paiza | a Mongol relay station | probably property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent what=Theme at station=Asset |
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
A ship to sail to Japan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 ship | det |
| 2 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 sail | mark |
| 4 | sail | sail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 ship | acl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Japan | case |
| 6 | Japan | Japan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 sail | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sail | to-infinitive | Japan | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to japan=Trajectory |
Option 2
A free feast and a crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 feast | det |
| 2 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 feast | amod |
| 3 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 crown | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crown | det |
| 6 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 feast | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No fresh horse for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 horse | det |
| 2 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 horse | amod |
| 3 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 him | case |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 horse | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A new empire of his own to rule
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 empire | det |
| 2 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 empire | amod |
| 3 | empire | empire | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 own | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 own | nmod:poss |
| 6 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 empire | nmod |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 rule | mark |
| 8 | rule | rule | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 empire | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rule | to-infinitive | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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