Test 8 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at…

Why'd the fairy dress like a princess, do you reckon?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: reckon

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1078 «Perrault's Tales, Diamonds and Toads, part 3: the fairy at the fountain» of the books 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 dress	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 dress	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dress	det
4	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dress	amod
5	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	like	like	ADP	_	8 princess	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 princess	det
8	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 dress	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 reckon	punct
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 reckon	aux
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 reckon	nsubj
12	reckon	reckon	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 dress	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 dress	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present · do-support	you						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

To see how rude she'd be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 see	mark
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 rude	advmod
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 see	xcomp
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 be	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 be	aux
7	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive						rude property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	be	would	she						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

To see how kind she was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 see	mark
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 kind	advmod
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 see	ccomp
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kind	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	past	she					kind property	tree rules

Option 3

To see whether she'd be rude to a stranger with fine clothes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 see	mark
2	see	see	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	7 rude	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 rude	nsubj
5	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 rude	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 rude	cop
7	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 see	ccomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 stranger	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 stranger	det
10	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 rude	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 clothes	case
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 clothes	amod
13	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	10 stranger	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	to-infinitive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	would	she					to a stranger with fine clothes; rude property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Because she wanted to reward a kind girl and test the rude one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 reward	mark
5	reward	reward	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 girl	det
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 girl	amod
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reward	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 test	cc
10	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reward	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 one	det
12	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 one	amod
13	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	want	past	she			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	reward not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		a kind girl	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient
3	test	infinitive	she not said here	the rude one		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme

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