Test 10 · ★ · Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the fals…

Wait, what did the prince admit about his marriage?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: wait, admit, marry

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1155 «Yule-Tide Stories, The Prince and the Dove-Bride: the false bride is unmasked and both wicked women are sent away» 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	_	7 admit	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 admit	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 admit	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admit	nsubj
7	admit	admit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 marriage	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 marriage	nmod:poss
10	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 admit	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	admit speech: other	past · do-support	the prince	about prince's marriage	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent what=Theme about marriage=Location
3	marry		prince		nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent

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

He admits he might have made a serious mistake in marrying a girl of low birth.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 admits	nsubj
2	admits	admit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 made	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 made	aux
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 admits	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mistake	det
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 mistake	amod
9	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 made	obj
10	in	in	SCONJ	_	11 marrying	mark
11	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 made	advcl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 marrying	obj
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 birth	case
15	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 birth	amod
16	birth	birth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 girl	nmod
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 admits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	admit speech: other	present	He		vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	make	might · perfect	he	a serious mistake	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product
3	marry	gerund	he not said here	a girl of low birth	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He might have messed up marrying her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 messed	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 messed	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 messed	aux
4	messed	mess	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 messed	compound:prt
6	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 messed	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 marrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mess up	might · perfect	He						tree rules
2	marry	gerund	He not said here	her = she					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3

He thinks he chose a bride wrongly.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thinks	nsubj
2	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chose	nsubj
4	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thinks	ccomp
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bride	det
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chose	obj
7	wrongly	wrongly	ADV	_	4 chose	advmod
8	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 thinks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	present	He						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	choose	past	he	a bride				wrongly property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bride=Theme

Option 4

He confesses he may have been very foolish to marry her so quickly, without asking anyone.

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 confesses	nsubj
2	confesses	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 foolish	nsubj
4	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 foolish	aux
5	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 foolish	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 foolish	cop
7	very	very	ADV	_	8 foolish	advmod
8	foolish	foolish	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 confesses	ccomp
9	to	to	PART	_	10 marry	mark
10	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 foolish	advcl
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 marry	obj
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 quickly	advmod
13	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	10 marry	advmod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 asking	punct
15	without	without	SCONJ	_	16 asking	mark
16	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 marry	advcl
17	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	16 asking	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 confesses	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	confess	present	He				vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	may · perfect	he			foolish property	tree rules
3	marry	to-infinitive	he not said here	her = she		quickly property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
4	ask speech: ask	gerund	he not said here		anyone		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

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