Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Lion Fairy, part 45: the queen is taken to…
Peak, the Lion Fairy said the queen had a ruddy good plan. Wat was the plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Peak, queen, Wat · What happens: say, have, be · To what, where: ruddy good plan, plan · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ 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: Peak, the Lion Fairy said the queen had a ruddy good plan.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Peak | peak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Peak | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Fairy | det |
| 4 | Lion | Lion | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Fairy | compound |
| 5 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 said | nsubj |
| 6 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 queen | det |
| 8 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 said | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 plan | det |
| 11 | ruddy | ruddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 plan | amod |
| 12 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 plan | amod |
| 13 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | Peak | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | have | past | the queen | a ruddy good plan | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=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 was the plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wat | wat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 plan | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 plan | det |
| 4 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 plan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Wat | the plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Run to the lake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 lake | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lake | det |
| 4 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | to the lake result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to lake=Result |
Option 2
Fight the crow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 crow | det |
| 3 | crow | crow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | imperative | you not said here | the crow | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crow=Co-Agent |
Option 3
Catch the bees with pepper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bees | det |
| 3 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Catch | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 pepper | case |
| 5 | pepper | pepper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Catch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | imperative | you not said here | the bees | with pepper | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Use bees stung in honey
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | stung | sting | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Use | advcl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 honey | case |
| 5 | honey | honey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stung | obl:agent |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | bees | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sting | participle | you not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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