Test 13 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised…

Did the girl say yes to him, or did she sulk?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, sulk · To what, where: him · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1094 «Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised and wed to the prince» 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	4 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 him	case
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sulk	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 sulk	cc
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 sulk	aux
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sulk	nsubj
12	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 say	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the girl		him = he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to he=Recipient
2	sulk	past · do-support	girl						vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

She didn't sulk at all, she said "Yes, your Highness" and then smiled shyly at him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sulk	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sulk	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sulk	advmod
4	sulk	sulk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sulk	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 said	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 said	nsubj
9	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sulk	parataxis
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Highness	punct
11	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	14 Highness	discourse
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 Highness	punct
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 Highness	nmod:poss
14	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 said	ccomp
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 Highness	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 smiled	cc
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 smiled	advmod
18	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sulk	conj
19	shyly	shyly	ADV	_	18 smiled	advmod
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 him	case
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 smiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sulk	past · do-support	She	all			vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	say speech: assert	past	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	smile	past	She not said here		then	at him = he; shyly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

She said "Yes, your Highness" quietly and blushed a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct
4	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 Highness	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Yes	punct
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Highness	nmod:poss
7	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct
9	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 said	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 blushed	cc
11	blushed	blush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 lot	det
13	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 blushed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She					quietly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	blush	past	She not said here	a lot					tree rules

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

She said "Yes, your Highness"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct
4	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 Highness	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 Yes	punct
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Highness	nmod:poss
7	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

She said "No, your Highness"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct
4	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 Highness	discourse
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 Highness	nmod:poss
7	Highness	highness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 Highness	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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