Test 9 · Ancient times and famous stories
"ur wrong ezra, frogs in milk is just a dumb story" Who is fairer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wrong ezra, dumb story · What happens: be · To what, where: dumb story · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 of lesson 21 «Ancient times and famous stories» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 story | punct |
| 2 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 ezra | nmod:poss |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 ezra | amod |
| 4 | ezra | ezra | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 story | nsubj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 frogs | punct |
| 6 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ezra | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 milk | case |
| 8 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 frogs | nmod |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 story | cop |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 story | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 story | det |
| 12 | dumb | dumb | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 story | amod |
| 13 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 17 fairer | punct |
| 15 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 17 fairer | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 fairer | cop |
| 17 | fairer | fair | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 story | parataxis |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 story | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | ur's wrong ezra and frogs in milk | a dumb story | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | a dumb story | fair 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Both are wrong, because frogs live only in milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 live | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 live | mark |
| 6 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 live | nsubj |
| 7 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | conj |
| 8 | only | only | ADV | _ | 10 milk | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 milk | case |
| 10 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 live | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Both | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | live | present | frogs | milk | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in milk=Location |
Option 2
The friend: nobody ever put frogs in milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 put | punct |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 put | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 put | advmod |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 friend | acl:relcl |
| 7 | frogs | frog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 put | obj |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 milk | case |
| 9 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | participle · passive | the friend not said here | nobody | milk | ever | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Asset frog=Goal |
Option 3
Ezra: it is proven to keep milk fresh
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezra | Ezra | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 proven | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 proven | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 proven | aux:pass |
| 5 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Ezra | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 proven | xcomp |
| 8 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | obj |
| 9 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present · passive | Ezra not said here | it | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | Ezra not said here | milk | fresh property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent milk=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Ezra is partly right; it's reported in some villages, but not proven to work
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ezra | Ezra | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 right | cop |
| 3 | partly | partly | ADV | _ | 4 right | advmod |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 reported | punct |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 reported | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 reported | aux:pass |
| 8 | reported | report | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 right | parataxis |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 villages | case |
| 10 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 villages | det |
| 11 | villages | village | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 reported | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 proven | punct |
| 13 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 15 proven | cc |
| 14 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 proven | advmod |
| 15 | proven | prove | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 right | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 work | mark |
| 17 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 proven | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ezra | partly, right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | report | present · passive | it | some villages | vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 3 | not prove | participle | Ezra not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | work | to-infinitive | Ezra not said here | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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