Test 9 · ★ · Perrault's Tales, Donkey-Skin: the princess is recognised…
Did the Prince's dad just crown him that day, no warning?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: crown · To what, where: him
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | 7 crown | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Prince | case |
| 5 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crown | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 crown | advmod |
| 7 | crown | crown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 crown | obj |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crown | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 warning | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 warning | det |
| 13 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 day | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 crown | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crown | past · do-support | the Prince's dad | him = he | day | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=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 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, he gave his son loads of warning first, then crowned him after a long chat over dinner
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 loads | nmod:poss |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loads | compound |
| 7 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gave | obj |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 warning | case |
| 9 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 loads | nmod |
| 10 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 gave | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 crowned | punct |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 crowned | advmod |
| 13 | crowned | crown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 crowned | obj |
| 15 | after | after | ADP | _ | 18 chat | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 chat | det |
| 17 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 chat | amod |
| 18 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crowned | obl |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 dinner | case |
| 20 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 chat | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | he | his son loads of warning | first property | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme | |||
| 2 | crown | past | he not said here | him = he | after a long chat over dinner; then | vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, though his son kicked off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 kicked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 kicked | punct |
| 3 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 6 kicked | mark |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 son | nmod:poss |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kicked | nsubj |
| 6 | kicked | kick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 kicked | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick off | participle | his son | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Yeah, even though his son moaned about it and begged him to wait a bit
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 moaned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 moaned | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 moaned | advmod |
| 4 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 7 moaned | mark |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 moaned | nsubj |
| 7 | moaned | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 moaned | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 begged | cc |
| 11 | begged | beg | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 moaned | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 begged | obj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 wait | mark |
| 14 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 begged | xcomp |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 bit | det |
| 16 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 wait | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | past | his son | about it | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic | ||||
| 2 | beg speech: request | past | his son not said here | son | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | wait not said to happen | to-infinitive | his son not said here | a bit | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, even though his son moaned about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 moaned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 moaned | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 moaned | advmod |
| 4 | though | though | SCONJ | _ | 7 moaned | mark |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 moaned | nsubj |
| 7 | moaned | moan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 moaned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | moan | past | his son | about it | vn complain-37.8 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
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