Test 2 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…

her shell just dropped off when they buttered her up, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: shell, they · What happens: drop off, butter up · To what, where: shell

This is test 2 · ★ 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	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 shell	nmod:poss
2	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 dropped	advmod
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 dropped	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 buttered	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 buttered	nsubj
8	buttered	butter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 buttered	obj
10	up	up	ADP	_	8 buttered	compound:prt
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 buttered	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop off	past	her shell						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	butter up	past	they		shell				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination

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

Nah, she kept her shell when they flattered her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 shell	nmod:poss
6	shell	shell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 flattered	advmod
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flattered	nsubj
9	flattered	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 flattered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	she	her shell					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shell=Theme
2	flatter	past	they	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 2

Nah, it never came off because the fairies were too busy giving her the gifts and shells

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 came	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 came	advmod
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADV	_	5 came	compound:prt
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	12 busy	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fairies	det
9	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 busy	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 busy	cop
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 busy	advmod
12	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 came	advcl
13	giving	give	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 busy	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 giving	iobj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gifts	det
16	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 giving	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 shells	cc
18	shells	shell	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 gifts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not come off	past	it				vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the fairies			busy property	tree rules
3	give	gerund	the fairies not said here	the gifts and shells	her = she		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient gift=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it fell away when they flattered her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 fell	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 flattered	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 flattered	nsubj
8	flattered	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	advcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 flattered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall away	past	it					away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	flatter	past	they	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 4

Yeah, it fell away from her body when they buttered her up with all the compliments

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fell	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fell	nsubj
4	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 fell	advmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 body	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 body	nmod:poss
8	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fell	obl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 buttered	advmod
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 buttered	nsubj
11	buttered	butter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fell	advcl
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 buttered	obj
13	up	up	ADP	_	11 buttered	compound:prt
14	with	with	ADP	_	17 compliments	case
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 compliments	det:predet
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 compliments	det
17	compliments	compliment	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 buttered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall away	past	it			her body		away property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	butter up	past	they		her = she			with all compliments	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent she=Destination with compliment=Theme

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