Test 12 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the bo…

The boy's quest, what's he after again?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: quest

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1189 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Bird of Truth, part 55: the boy takes the white bird from the aviary, the enchanted water frees the captives, and the courtiers plot against the bird» 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	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quest	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 boy	case
4	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 what	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct
6	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 after	cop
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 after	nsubj
9	after	after	ADP	_	6 what	compound:prt
10	again	again	ADV	_	6 what	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quest		the boy						nom quest «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent

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

Finding the Bird of Truth from the desert, then bringing her back to the king, innit

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finding	find	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bird	det
3	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	5 Truth	case
5	Truth	Truth	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Bird	nmod
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 desert	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 desert	det
8	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Finding	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bringing	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 bringing	advmod
11	bringing	bring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Finding	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 back	nmod:poss
13	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bringing	obj
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 king	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bringing	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 innit	punct
18	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 king	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	gerund		the Bird of Truth		the desert			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent bird=Theme from desert=Source
2	bring	gerund		Truth's back	the king and innit		then		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent back=Theme to king=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Bird of Truth, innit, the one that the king wants to see

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bird	det
2	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Truth	case
4	Truth	Truth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Bird	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Bird	punct
6	innit	innit	INTJ	_	9 one	discourse
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 one	det
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 wants	obj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wants	nsubj
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 one	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 see	mark
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	the king	the one					tree rules
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	the one not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The owl's wise word, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 owl	det
2	owl	owl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 owl	case
4	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 word	amod
5	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 word	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	word		the owl						nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The Bird of Truth, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 Bird	det
2	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 Truth	case
4	Truth	Truth	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 Bird	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 Bird	punct
6	innit	innit	INTJ	_	2 Bird	discourse

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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