Test 11 · ★ · Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is…

wait, the princess was scared some other girl had a small finger, that's the vibe?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, princess, other girl, that · What happens: wait, be, have · To what, where: small finger, vibe

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1093 «Old French Fairy Tales, Donkey-skin, part 18: the ring is tried on every finger» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	9 girl	det
8	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 girl	amod
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 finger	det
12	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 finger	amod
13	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 vibe	punct
15	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	18 vibe	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 vibe	cop
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 vibe	det
18	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the princess		scared property	tree rules
3	have	past	some other girl	a small finger		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient
4	is a	present	that	the vibe		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

yeah, she was scared someone else would have a finger as small as hers and win the prince

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	9 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 someone	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 someone	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 someone	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 someone	amod
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 have	nsubj
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 have	aux
9	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 finger	det
11	finger	finger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 small	case
13	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 have	xcomp
14	as	as	ADP	_	15 hers	case
15	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 small	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 win	cc
17	win	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 have	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 prince	det
19	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 win	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	someone	else property	tree rules
2	have	would	someone	a finger	small property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient
3	win	present	someone not said here	the prince		vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she was scared someone else would

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 someone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 someone	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 someone	cop
5	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 someone	amod
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
7	else	else	ADV	_	6 someone	advmod
8	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 someone	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	someone				else property	tree rules

Option 3

yeah, she was worried about that

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 worried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 worried	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 worried	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 worried	cop
5	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	7 that	case
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 worried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					about that; worried property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

nah, she was actually scared that the cake would make her sick and nobody would notice

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 make	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cake	det
9	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 make	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 make	aux
11	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 scared	advcl
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 sick	nmod:poss
13	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 make	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 notice	cc
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 notice	nsubj
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 notice	aux
17	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 make	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	she	actually, scared property	tree rules
2	make	would	the cake	sick property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material
3	notice	would	nobody		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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