Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…

Mate, why'd the dude not wish himself a kingdom in the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude · What happens: not wish · To what, where: kingdom, dude, end

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wish	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 wish	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 wish	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dude	det
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wish	nsubj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 wish	advmod
8	wish	wish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 wish	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 kingdom	det
11	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wish	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 end	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 end	det
14	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wish	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 wish	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wish	infinitive	the dude	a kingdom	dude		in the end	Mate vocative	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

he feared a royal wife would be bossy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wife	det
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wife	amod
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 feared	obj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 bossy	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 bossy	cop
8	bossy	bossy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wife	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	he	a royal wife					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus
2	is	would						bossy property	tree rules

Option 2

he thought being king would be far too much work for one man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 king	cop
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 work	csubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 work	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 work	cop
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 much	advmod
8	too	too	ADV	_	9 much	advmod
9	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 work	amod
10	work	work	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 man	case
12	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 man	nummod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 work	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	gerund		king		tree rules
3	is a	would		much work	for one man	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

he thought the Queen would be a nightmare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 nightmare	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 nightmare	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 nightmare	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 nightmare	det
8	nightmare	nightmare	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	would	the Queen	a nightmare					tree rules

Option 4

he wanted a simple life instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 life	det
4	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 life	amod
5	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	a simple life				instead property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot life=Theme

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