Test 11 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…
so the king sent a fresh one out, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: king · What happens: send · To what, where: fresh one
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1171 «d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a windowless palace, a sick 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 4 sent | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 king | det |
| 3 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 one | det |
| 6 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obj |
| 8 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 sent | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
| 10 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | the king | a fresh one | out property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=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
Yeah, he sent a brand new envoy out to beg the father to lift the curse
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 envoy | det |
| 6 | brand | brand | ADV | _ | 7 new | advmod |
| 7 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 envoy | amod |
| 8 | envoy | envoy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obj |
| 9 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 sent | advmod |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 beg | mark |
| 11 | beg | beg | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 sent | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 father | det |
| 13 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 beg | obj |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 lift | mark |
| 15 | lift | lift | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 beg | advcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 curse | det |
| 17 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 lift | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | he | a new envoy | out property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent envoy=Theme | |||
| 2 | beg speech: request | to-infinitive | he not said here | the father | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | lift | to-infinitive | he not said here | the curse | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent curse=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, he sent no one at all and just sat in the palace weeping for days
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 one | det |
| 6 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 one | nmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sat | cc |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 sat | advmod |
| 11 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 sent | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 palace | det |
| 14 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sat | obl |
| 15 | weeping | weep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 11 sat | advcl |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 days | case |
| 17 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 weeping | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | he | no one | all | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | |||
| 2 | sit | past | he not said here | the palace | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location | ||||
| 3 | weep | gerund | he not said here | day | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yeah, he sent another messenger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 sent | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 sent | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sent | nsubj |
| 4 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 messenger | det |
| 6 | messenger | messenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sent | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | he | another messenger | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent messenger=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a new envoy to beg the father
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 envoy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 envoy | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 envoy | det |
| 4 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 envoy | amod |
| 5 | envoy | envoy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 beg | mark |
| 7 | beg | beg | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 envoy | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 father | det |
| 9 | father | father | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beg | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | beg speech: request | to-infinitive | the father | vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent father=Recipient |
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