Test 6 · ★ · d'Aulnoy, Desiree, part 37: a crab-fairy's curse, a window…

was the portrait the one that talked, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one · What happens: be, talk · To what, where: portrait

This is test 6 · ★ 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	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 portrait	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 portrait	det
3	portrait	portrait	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bruv	csubj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bruv	nsubj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 talked	nsubj
7	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 one	acl:relcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bruv	punct
9	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 bruv	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the portrait					tree rules
2	talk	past	the one						vn talk-37.5 «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 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it told her a long story about the prince and his distant kingdom

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 story	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 story	amod
8	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obj
9	about	about	ADP	_	11 prince	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 prince	det
11	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 story	appos
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 prince	cc
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 kingdom	nmod:poss
14	distant	distant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 kingdom	amod
15	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	it	a long story	his distant kingdom				tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it chatted a compliment to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chatted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chatted	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chatted	nsubj
4	chatted	chat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 compliment	det
6	compliment	compliment	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chatted	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chatted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chat speech: other	past	it	a compliment	her = she				tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, it stepped out of the frame and kissed her hand very gently indeed

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stepped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stepped	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stepped	nsubj
4	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	8 frame	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 frame	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 frame	det
8	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stepped	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 kissed	cc
10	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stepped	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hand	nmod:poss
12	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 kissed	obj
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 gently	advmod
14	gently	gently	ADV	_	10 kissed	advmod
15	indeed	indeed	ADV	_	10 kissed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step out	past	it	the frame					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location frame=Theme
2	kiss	past		her hand				gently, indeed property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Co-Agent

Option 4

Yeah, it whispered sweet words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 whispered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 whispered	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 whispered	nsubj
4	whispered	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 words	amod
6	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 whispered	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whisper speech: assert	past	it	sweet words					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Topic

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