Test 2 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo di…

Wait, what's the crab doing in the story, mate?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, crab · What happens: wait, be, do · To what, where: crab, story

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1170 «Crimson Fairy Book, The White Doe, part 36: the buffalo dies, the wife poisons herself, and a queen is promised a daughter» 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 crab	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 crab	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 crab	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crab	det
6	crab	crab	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 crab	acl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 story	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mate	punct
12	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 story	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the crab		tree rules
3	do	gerund	the crab not said here		the story and mate	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

Turns into a little old lady and takes the queen to the fairies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	6 lady	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lady	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 takes	cc
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turns	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 fairies	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fairies	det
13	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present						into a little old lady result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lady=Result
2	take	present		the queen	the fairies				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent queen=Theme to fairy=Destination

Option 2

Turns into a little old lady who gives the queen a magic posy and takes her to the fairies' gates

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	6 lady	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lady	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 gives	nsubj
8	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lady	acl:relcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 posy	det
12	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 posy	amod
13	posy	posy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gives	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 takes	cc
15	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 gives	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 takes	obj
17	to	to	ADP	_	21 gates	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 fairies	det
19	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 gates	nmod:poss
20	'	's	PART	_	19 fairies	case
21	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 takes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	turn	present					into a little old lady result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lady=Result
2	give	present	a little old lady	a magic posy	the queen			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient posy=Theme
3	take	present	a little old lady not said here	her = she		the fairies's gates		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to gate=Destination

Option 3

Turns into a little old lady and takes the queen to the fairies, then vanishes into the reeds

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	6 lady	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lady	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lady	amod
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 takes	cc
8	takes	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turns	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 queen	det
10	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 takes	obj
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 fairies	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fairies	det
13	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 takes	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 vanishes	punct
15	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 vanishes	advmod
16	vanishes	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turns	conj
17	into	into	ADP	_	19 reeds	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 reeds	det
19	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 vanishes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present					into a little old lady result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lady=Result
2	take	present	the queen	the fairies				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent queen=Theme to fairy=Destination
3	vanish	present			the reeds	then		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Turns into an old lady and leads the king to the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	5 lady	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lady	amod
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Turns	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 leads	cc
7	leads	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turns	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leads	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 palace	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 palace	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 leads	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present						into a old lady result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lady=Result
2	lead	present		the king		the palace			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent king=Theme to palace=Destination

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