Test 10 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

wait was the golden hair girl evil or what

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hair · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: wait golden girl evil

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 evil	compound
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 evil	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 evil	det
4	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 evil	amod
5	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 evil	nsubj
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 evil	compound
7	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 what	cc
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 evil	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	infinitive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past	hair	the wait golden girl evil					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 · ✓ the right answer

she tried to warn him so she was kind, not evil

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warn	mark
4	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warn	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 kind	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kind	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 kind	cop
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 warn	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 evil	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 evil	advmod
12	evil	evil	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 warn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	she				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	warn speech: warn not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	evil	him = he		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	is	past	she			kind property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she was a witch who wanted to trick him

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	4 witch	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 witch	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 wanted	nsubj
6	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 witch	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 trick	mark
8	trick	trick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wanted	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 trick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a witch	tree rules
2	want	past	a witch		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	trick not said to happen	to-infinitive	a witch not said here	him = he	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

she tried to warn him so she was kind, not evil, even though the old man ignored her entirely

The tree, 19 words

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warn	mark
4	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warn	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 kind	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kind	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 kind	cop
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 warn	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 evil	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 evil	advmod
12	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 ignored	punct
14	even	even	ADV	_	19 ignored	advmod
15	though	though	SCONJ	_	19 ignored	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 man	det
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 man	amod
18	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 ignored	nsubj
19	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	parataxis
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 ignored	obj
21	entirely	entirely	ADV	_	19 ignored	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	she				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	warn speech: warn not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here		him = he		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	is	past	she			kind property	tree rules
4	not be		she not said here				tree rules
5	ignore	past	the old man	her = she		entirely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 4

she tried to warn him so she was kind, not evil, and she later helped the brothers search for their sister too

The tree, 22 words

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 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 warn	mark
4	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 warn	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 kind	advmod
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kind	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 kind	cop
9	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 warn	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 evil	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 evil	advmod
12	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kind	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 helped	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 helped	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 helped	nsubj
16	later	later	ADV	_	17 helped	advmod
17	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 search	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 brothers	det
19	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 search	nsubj
20	search	search	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	parataxis
21	for	for	ADP	_	23 sister	case
22	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 sister	nmod:poss
23	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 search	obl
24	too	too	ADV	_	20 search	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	she			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	warn speech: warn not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he		vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
3	is	past	she		kind property	tree rules
4	not be		she not said here			tree rules
5	help	past	she		later property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
6	search	present	the brothers		for brothers's sister	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for sister=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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