Test 10 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and the Fish, part 41: th…

Gucci, what happened to the queen's ladies?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Gucci · What happens: happen

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1175 «Lang's Fairy Book, The Lazy Girl and the Fish, part 41: the prince wins back Desiree, and the idle girl turns into a fish under the sea» 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	Gucci	Gucci	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 happened	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 happened	nsubj
4	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Gucci	acl:relcl
5	to	to	ADP	_	9 ladies	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 queen	det
7	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ladies	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 queen	case
9	ladies	lady	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 happened	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Gucci	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Gucci					to the queen's ladies	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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

They were transformed into silver fishes and swam away into the deep sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 transformed	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	aux:pass
3	transformed	transform	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 fishes	case
5	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fishes	compound
6	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 transformed	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 swam	cc
8	swam	swim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 transformed	conj
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 swam	advmod
10	into	into	ADP	_	13 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sea	det
12	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sea	amod
13	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 swam	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	transform	past · passive		They				into silver fishes result	vn turn-26.6.1 «NP V NP.patient PP.result»: subject=Patient into fish=Result
2	swim away	past				the deep sea		away property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into sea=Destination

Option 2

They became sea creatures

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 became	nsubj
2	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 creatures	compound
4	creatures	creature	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	They	sea creatures					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

They were turned into fishes by a kind wizard who pitied the queen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 fishes	case
5	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 wizard	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 wizard	det
8	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wizard	amod
9	wizard	wizard	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turned	obl
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 pitied	nsubj
11	pitied	pity	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 wizard	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 queen	det
13	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pitied	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive	a kind wizard	They				into fishes result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into fish=Result
2	pity	past	a kind wizard	the queen					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer queen=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

They were turned into fishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 turned	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 turned	aux:pass
3	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	into	into	ADP	_	5 fishes	case
5	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · passive		They				into fishes result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: subject=Theme into fish=Result

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