Test 4 · ★ · China: the Silk Road and the Tang
lol mei swears the monkey king walked to india for real. did he?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mei, monkey king, king · What happens: swear, walk, do
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 54 «China: the Silk Road and the Tang» 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 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 2 mei | discourse |
| 2 | mei | mei | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swears | nsubj |
| 3 | swears | swear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | monkey | monkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 king | compound |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walked | nsubj |
| 7 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swears | ccomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 india | case |
| 9 | india | india | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walked | obl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 real | case |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 walked | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 swears | punct |
| 13 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 swears | conj |
| 14 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 did | nsubj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 swears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swear | present | mei | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk | past | the monkey king | to india result; for real | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to india=Result | ||||
| 3 | do | past | king | vn act-114-1 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The monk Xuanzang did; the Monkey King is from a novel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 monk | det |
| 2 | monk | monk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | nsubj |
| 3 | Xuanzang | Xuanzang | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 monk | appos |
| 4 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 novel | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 King | det |
| 7 | Monkey | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 King | compound |
| 8 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 novel | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 novel | cop |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 12 novel | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 novel | det |
| 12 | novel | novel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 did | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the monk | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the Monkey King | a novel | tree rules |
Option 2
No, nobody went to India
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 India | case |
| 6 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | nobody | India | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to india=Initial_Location |
Option 3
The Monkey King was an emperor
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 2 | Monkey | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 King | compound |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 emperor | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 emperor | cop |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 emperor | det |
| 6 | emperor | emperor | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Monkey King | a emperor | tree rules |
Option 4
Yes, the Monkey King was real, and his footprints are still in India
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 real | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 King | det |
| 4 | Monkey | Monkey | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 King | compound |
| 5 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 real | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 real | cop |
| 7 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 still | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 still | cc |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 footprints | nmod:poss |
| 11 | footprints | footprint | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 still | nsubj |
| 12 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 still | cop |
| 13 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 real | conj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 India | case |
| 15 | India | India | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 still | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Monkey King | real property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | King's footprints | India | still property | tree rules |
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