Test 9 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmo…

What was the wee dove wanting to do, though?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wee dove · What happens: be, want, do, though

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1154 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Singing Roses, part 20: the stepmother drowns the princess and disguises her own daughter as the bride» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dove	det
4	wee	wee	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 dove	amod
5	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	wanting	want	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dove	acl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 do	mark
8	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanting	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 though	punct
10	though	though	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 do	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	is a	past	the wee dove	tree rules
2	want	gerund	the wee dove not said here	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	the wee dove not said here	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	though	infinitive	the wee dove not said here	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

Scare her away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scare	scare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Scare	obj
3	away	away	ADV	_	1 Scare	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scare away	imperative	you not said here	her = she				away property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 2

Peck out her eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Peck	peck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Peck	compound:prt
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Peck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peck out	imperative	you not said here	her eyes					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Find a way to get back at the stepmum for the wreath

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 way	det
3	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Find	ccomp
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 stepmum	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stepmum	det
9	stepmum	stepmum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 wreath	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wreath	det
12	wreath	wreath	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	a way					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent way=Attribute clause=Theme
2	get back	to-infinitive				the stepmum		for the wreath	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent for wreath=Source

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Get revenge on her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	revenge	revenge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	4 her	case
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	1 Get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	revenge					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent revenge=Beneficiary her=Theme

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