Test 12 · ★ · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…
Bro, is the mermaid, like, a proper villain then?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: mermaid
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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 | Bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mermaid | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Bro | punct |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mermaid | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mermaid | det |
| 5 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 like | punct |
| 7 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 5 mermaid | discourse |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 villain | punct |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 villain | det |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 villain | amod |
| 11 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mermaid | appos |
| 12 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 villain | advmod |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mermaid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mermaid | Bro vocative | 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, she's not a villain, she's just a sad mermaid who wants a playmate, innit
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 villain | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 villain | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 villain | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 villain | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 villain | det |
| 7 | villain | villain | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 mermaid | punct |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 mermaid | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mermaid | cop |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 14 mermaid | advmod |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 mermaid | det |
| 13 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 mermaid | amod |
| 14 | mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 villain | appos |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 wants | nsubj |
| 16 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 mermaid | acl:relcl |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 playmate | det |
| 18 | playmate | playmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 wants | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 innit | punct |
| 20 | innit | innit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 villain | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | she | a villain and innit | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | she | a sad mermaid | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | want | present | a sad mermaid | a playmate | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot playmate=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, she wants his youngest son back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 son | amod |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 wants | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | she | his youngest son | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot son=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she wants the king's first child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 child | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 child | amod |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | she | the king's first child | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, she wants the king's first child, and she'll drown the whole ship if he refuses
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wants | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wants | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wants | nsubj |
| 4 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 child | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 king | case |
| 8 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 child | amod |
| 9 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wants | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 drown | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 drown | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 drown | nsubj |
| 13 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 drown | aux |
| 14 | drown | drown | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wants | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 ship | det |
| 16 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 ship | amod |
| 17 | ship | ship | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 drown | obj |
| 18 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 20 refuses | mark |
| 19 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 refuses | nsubj |
| 20 | refuses | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 drown | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | she | the king's first child | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot child=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drown | future | child | the whole ship | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ship=Patient | ||||
| 3 | refuse a condition, not said to happen | present | king | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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