Test 5 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…
the prince was lowkey obsessed with a picture, sick?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: obsess · To what, where: prince
This is test 5 · ★ 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 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 obsessed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 obsessed | aux:pass |
| 4 | lowkey | lowkey | ADV | _ | 5 obsessed | advmod |
| 5 | obsessed | obsess | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 picture | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 picture | det |
| 8 | picture | picture | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 obsessed | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 sick | punct |
| 10 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 picture | amod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 obsessed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | obsess | past · passive | the prince | with a picture; lowkey property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he stared at it for whole days
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 stared | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 stared | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stared | nsubj |
| 4 | stared | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stared | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 days | case |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 days | amod |
| 9 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 stared | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stare | past | he | day | at it | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at it=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, he hung it above his bed and refused to eat or sleep at all in the palace
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 hung | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hung | nsubj |
| 4 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hung | obj |
| 6 | above | above | ADP | _ | 8 bed | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 bed | nmod:poss |
| 8 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hung | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 refused | cc |
| 10 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 hung | conj |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 eat | mark |
| 12 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 refused | xcomp |
| 13 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 sleep | cc |
| 14 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 eat | conj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 all | case |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 sleep | obl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 palace | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 palace | det |
| 19 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past | he | it | his bed | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme above bed=Destination | |||
| 2 | refuse | past | he not said here | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | not eat | to-infinitive | he not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | sleep | infinitive | he not said here | all | in the palace | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in palace=Location |
Option 3
Yeah, he carried it round everywhere and wept over it every single evening
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 carried | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 carried | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 carried | nsubj |
| 4 | carried | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 carried | obj |
| 6 | round | round | ADV | _ | 4 carried | advmod |
| 7 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 carried | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 wept | cc |
| 9 | wept | weep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 carried | conj |
| 10 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 wept | obl |
| 12 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 14 evening | det |
| 13 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 evening | amod |
| 14 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wept | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | past | he | it | everywhere, round property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | weep | past | he not said here | it | evening | vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, he talked to it at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 talked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 talked | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talked | nsubj |
| 4 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 talked | obl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 talked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | past | he | it | night | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to it=Co-Agent |
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