Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…

Did the Princess just chill and let it happen?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: chill, let, happen · To what, where: it

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chill	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princess	det
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chill	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 chill	advmod
5	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 let	cc
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 chill	conj
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 let	obj
9	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	chill	past · do-support	the Princess		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	let	infinitive	the Princess not said here	it	tree rules
3	happen	infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

no, she shouted at him rudely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 shouted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	nsubj
4	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 him	case
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 shouted	obl
7	rudely	rudely	ADV	_	4 shouted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	she					at him = he; rudely property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

no, she argued with the Council

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 argued	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 argued	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 argued	nsubj
4	argued	argue	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 Council	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Council	det
7	Council	Council	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 argued	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	argue speech: disagree	past	she					with the Council	vn chit_chat-37.6-1 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with council=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

no, she begged him on her knees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 knees	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 knees	nmod:poss
8	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		him = he	her knees			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 4

no, she begged him on her knees and then fled to the forest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 knees	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 knees	nmod:poss
8	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 begged	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fled	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 fled	advmod
11	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 begged	conj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 forest	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 forest	det
14	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		him = he	her knees			vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	flee	past	she not said here			the forest	then		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to forest=Initial_Location

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