Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king'…

honestly the fairy ballet was mad, wasn't it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairy ballet · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1181 «Fairy Tales, The Frog, part 47: the frog exposes the king's plan, and the king defeats the Lion Fairy» 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	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	6 mad	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ballet	det
3	fairy	fairy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ballet	amod
4	ballet	ballet	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 mad	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
6	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mad	cop
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 was	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 mad	nsubj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 mad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fairy ballet					honestly, mad property	tree rules

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, the dancers just stood still and clapped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 stood	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dancers	det
4	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stood	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 stood	advmod
6	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	still	still	ADV	_	6 stood	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 clapped	cc
9	clapped	clap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 stood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	the dancers				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	clap	past	the dancers not said here						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, the dancers turned into birds and then stars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dancers	det
4	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turned	nsubj
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 birds	case
7	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stars	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 stars	advmod
10	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 birds	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the dancers					into birds and stars result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bird=Result

Option 3

Nah, the dancers vanished into the magic river and were never seen again, and the king cried all night about it

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 vanished	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dancers	det
4	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 vanished	nsubj
5	vanished	vanish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	9 river	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
8	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 river	compound
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 vanished	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 seen	cc
11	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 seen	aux:pass
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	13 seen	advmod
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 vanished	conj
14	again	again	ADV	_	13 seen	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cried	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cried	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 king	det
18	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cried	nsubj
19	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 vanished	conj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	21 night	det
21	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 cried	obl:unmarked
22	about	about	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	vanish	past	the dancers	the magic river			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not see	past · passive	the dancers not said here		again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»
3	cry speech: express	past	the king		night	about river	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the dancers turned into flowers and then fountains

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 turned	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dancers	det
4	dancers	dancer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turned	nsubj
5	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 flowers	case
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turned	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 fountains	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 fountains	advmod
10	fountains	fountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 flowers	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	the dancers			flowers and fountains			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into flower=Trajectory

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