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Test 3 · Britain and Ireland: a short story

A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial. What might the man point to?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: king, man · What happens: want, throw, point · To what, where: man, prison

This is test 3 of lesson 37 «Britain and Ireland: a short story» 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: A king in 1300 wants to throw a man in prison without a trial.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 king	det
2	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wants	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 1300	case
4	1300	1300	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 king	nmod
5	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 throw	mark
7	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wants	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throw	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 prison	case
11	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throw	obl
12	without	without	ADP	_	14 trial	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 trial	det
14	trial	trial	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 throw	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	a king in 1300						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	throw not said to happen	to-infinitive	a king in 1300 not said here	a man		prison		without a trial	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent man=Theme in prison=Destination

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 might the man point to?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 point	obj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 point	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 point	nsubj
5	point	point	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	5 point	obl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 point	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	point	might	the man						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

Option 1

The Bayeux Tapestry, which shows that William won in 1066

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Tapestry	det
2	Bayeux	Bayeux	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Tapestry	compound
3	Tapestry	Tapestry	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 shows	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shows	punct
5	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 shows	nsubj
6	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 won	mark
8	William	William	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 won	nsubj
9	won	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 shows	ccomp
10	in	in	ADP	_	11 1066	case
11	1066	1066	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 won	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	the Bayeux Tapestry						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	win	past	William			1066			vn succeed-74-2 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent in 1066=Eventuality

Option 2

The Good Friday Agreement

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Agreement	det
2	Good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 Agreement	amod
3	Friday	Friday	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Agreement	compound
4	Agreement	agreement	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

The Union Jack

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Jack	det
2	Union	Union	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Jack	compound
3	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Magna Carta, which says even the king must obey the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Magna	Magna	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	Carta	Carta	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Magna	flat
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
4	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	even	even	ADV	_	8 king	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obey	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 obey	aux
10	obey	obey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 law	det
12	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 obey	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Magna						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	obey	must	the king	the law					vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent law=Theme

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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