Test 4 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…

the palace had no windows, that's mint, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: palace · What happens: have, be · To what, where: windows, mint

This is test 4 · ★ 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 palace	det
2	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 windows	det
5	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mint	punct
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 mint	det
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 mint	cop
9	mint	mint	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 mint	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 had	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 had	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the palace	no windows					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient
2	is a	present		that mint					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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it was built under the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 built	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 built	aux:pass
5	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 ground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ground	det
8	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 built	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · passive		it		the ground			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, it sat below the earth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	below	below	ADP	_	7 earth	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 earth	det
7	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	it			the earth			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent below earth=Location

Option 3

Nah, it had loads of windows but they were all painted over black

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 had	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 windows	case
7	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 loads	nmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 painted	cc
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 painted	nsubj
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 painted	aux:pass
11	all	all	ADV	_	12 painted	advmod
12	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 had	conj
13	over	over	ADP	_	14 black	case
14	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 painted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	it	loads of windows					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Patient
2	paint	past · passive		loads = load		black		all property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: subject=Theme over black=Destination

Option 4

Yeah, it was dug underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 dug	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 dug	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dug	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 dug	aux:pass
5	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	underground	underground	ADV	_	5 dug	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past · passive		it				underground property	vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

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