Test 3 · ★ · From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires a…
Ethan asks why people wanted kings. What is the best answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ethan, people, best answer · What happens: ask, want, be · To what, where: kings · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 66 «From band to nation: families, tribes, kingdoms, empires and countries» 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: Ethan asks why people wanted kings.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ethan | Ethan | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 asks | nsubj |
| 2 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 wanted | advmod |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wanted | nsubj |
| 5 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 asks | ccomp |
| 6 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wanted | obj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | Ethan | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | want | past | people | kings | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot king=Theme |
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 is the best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Nobody ever wanted kings; they just appeared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 wanted | advmod |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wanted | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 appeared | punct |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 appeared | nsubj |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 appeared | advmod |
| 8 | appeared | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 wanted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Nobody | kings | ever | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot king=Theme | |||
| 2 | appear | past | kings = king | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
People wanted someone to do all their homework
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | People | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 wanted | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 do | mark |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 someone | acl |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 homework | det:predet |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 homework | nmod:poss |
| 8 | homework | homework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | People | someone | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot someone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | People not said here | People's homework | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent homework=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Kings promised protection and organised the extra food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 promised | nsubj |
| 2 | promised | promise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 promised | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 organised | cc |
| 5 | organised | organise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 promised | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 food | det |
| 7 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 food | amod |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 organised | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | promise speech: promise | past | Kings | protection | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent protection=Theme | ||||
| 2 | organise | past | Kings not said here | the extra food | tree rules |
Option 4
Kings came down from the sky and everyone obeyed them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kings | king | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 came | nsubj |
| 2 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADV | _ | 2 came | advmod |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 sky | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 sky | det |
| 6 | sky | sky | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 came | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 obeyed | cc |
| 8 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 9 obeyed | nsubj |
| 9 | obeyed | obey | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 came | conj |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 obeyed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come down | past | Kings | the sky | down property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from sky=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | obey | past | everyone | Kings = king | vn abide_by-93.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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