Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…
Bruv, the crow nearly had the frog for his tea. Wat did the queen do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bruv, Wat · What happens: have, do · To what, where: frog, queen
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1179 «Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to a gloomy palace, and frogs help her make a bee-sting pasty and build a cabin» 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
Sentence 1: Bruv, the crow nearly had the frog for his tea.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bruv | Bruv | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bruv | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crow | det |
| 4 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | nsubj |
| 5 | nearly | nearly | ADV | _ | 6 had | advmod |
| 6 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 frog | det |
| 8 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 had | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 tea | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 tea | nmod:poss |
| 11 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 frog | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | Bruv | the frog | for crow's tea; nearly property | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Patient |
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.
Sentence 2: Wat did the queen do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wat | Wat | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 did | nsubj |
| 2 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 queen | det |
| 4 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 did | obj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 did | xcomp |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Wat | the queen | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do | infinitive | Wat not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She whacked the crow with her fan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 whacked | nsubj |
| 2 | whacked | whack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 crow | det |
| 4 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whacked | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fan | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fan | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 whacked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whack | past | She | the crow | with crow's fan | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent crow=Patient with fan=Instrument |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
She hit the bird with her fan
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hit | nsubj |
| 2 | hit | hit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bird | det |
| 4 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hit | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 fan | case |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fan | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 hit | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hit | past | She | the bird | with bird's fan | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent bird=Patient with fan=Instrument |
Option 3
She picked up a stone and threw it at the crow in fury
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 picked | nsubj |
| 2 | picked | pick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 picked | compound:prt |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 stone | det |
| 5 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 picked | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 threw | cc |
| 7 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 picked | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 threw | obj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 crow | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 crow | det |
| 11 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 threw | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 fury | case |
| 13 | fury | fury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 threw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pick up | past | She | a stone | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Topic | ||||
| 2 | throw | past | She not said here | stone | fury | at the crow | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at crow=Destination |
Option 4
She struck it with a stick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 struck | nsubj |
| 2 | struck | strike | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 struck | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 stick | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stick | det |
| 6 | stick | stick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 struck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past | She | it | with a stick | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with stick=Instrument |
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