Test 10 · ★ · Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages
Ned is proud of his horned helmet costume. What's the kindest way to tell him the truth?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ned, kindest way · What happens: be, tell · To what, where: truth, Ned · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 18 «Vikings, knights and the Middle Ages» of the myths 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: Ned is proud of his horned helmet costume.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ned | Ned | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 proud | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 proud | cop |
| 3 | proud | proud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 costume | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 costume | nmod:poss |
| 6 | horned | horned | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 costume | amod |
| 7 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 costume | compound |
| 8 | costume | costume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proud | obl |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 proud | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ned | of Ned's horned helmet costume; proud property | tree rules |
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 the kindest way to tell him the truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | kindest | kind | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 tell | mark |
| 7 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 tell | iobj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 truth | det |
| 10 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 tell | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the kindest way | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | the kindest way not said here | the truth | Ned | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient truth=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Grab the horns off his helmet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 horns | det |
| 3 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Grab | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 helmet | case |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 6 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | the horns | his helmet | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent horn=Theme off helmet=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Say his costume's ace, then share that real ones had no horns
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 costume | nmod:poss |
| 3 | costume | costume | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ace | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 costume | case |
| 5 | ace | ace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Say | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 share | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 share | advmod |
| 8 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Say | conj |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 12 had | mark |
| 10 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 ones | amod |
| 11 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 had | nsubj |
| 12 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 share | ccomp |
| 13 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 14 horns | det |
| 14 | horns | horn | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | his costume's ace | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent ace=Topic | ||||
| 2 | share | infinitive | you not said here | then | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | have | past | real ones | no horns | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horn=Patient |
Option 3
Tell him he's ruined Halloween
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 ruined | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 ruined | aux:pass |
| 5 | ruined | ruin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Tell | ccomp |
| 6 | Halloween | Halloween | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ruined | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | ruin | present · passive | he | tree rules |
Option 4
Laugh at him in front of the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Laugh | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 front | case |
| 5 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Laugh | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 class | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 class | det |
| 8 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | at him = he; in front of the class | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in front=Theme |
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