Test 5 · ★ · Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and the Mongols
Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign. What's checked and what isn't?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Story, Anna, French king · What happens: go, write, not sign, check, be
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 42 «Volodymyr, Yaroslav the Wise and 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
Sentence 1: Story goes Anna could write and the French king couldn't even sign.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Anna | Anna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 write | nsubj |
| 4 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 write | aux |
| 5 | write | write | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 goes | ccomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 sign | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 king | det |
| 8 | French | French | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 king | amod |
| 9 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sign | nsubj |
| 10 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 sign | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 sign | advmod |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 sign | advmod |
| 13 | sign | sign | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 write | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Story | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | write | could | Anna | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not sign | could | the French king | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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's checked and what isn't?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 checked | aux:pass |
| 3 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 what | cc |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 checked | parataxis |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 is | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 checked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | present · passive | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is a | present | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Neither is true, Anna never went to France
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | DET | PronType=Neg | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 went | punct |
| 5 | Anna | Anna | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 went | nsubj |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 7 went | advmod |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 France | case |
| 9 | France | France | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Neither | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not go | past | Anna | France | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to france=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her Cyrillic signature is real; the king not reading is not proven
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 signature | nmod:poss |
| 2 | Cyrillic | cyrillic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 signature | amod |
| 3 | signature | signature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 real | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 real | cop |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 13 proven | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 king | det |
| 8 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 proven | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 reading | advmod |
| 10 | reading | read | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 king | acl |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 proven | aux:pass |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 proven | advmod |
| 13 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 real | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her Cyrillic signature | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not read | gerund | the king not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | not prove | present · passive | the king | vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 4 | sign | Her = she | nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
The king wrote in Cyrillic too
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | nsubj |
| 3 | wrote | write | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 Cyrillic | case |
| 5 | Cyrillic | Cyrillic | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wrote | obl |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 3 wrote | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | write | past | the king | Cyrillic | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Both are proven facts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 proven | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proven | aux:pass |
| 3 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | facts | fact | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 proven | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present · passive | Both | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Theme fact=Attribute |
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