Test 4 · ★ · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…

Did the boy just wish himself a lion, like, for real?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, wish · To what, where: boy, lion

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wish	advmod
5	wish	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	ccomp
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 wish	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lion	det
8	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wish	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	8 lion	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 real	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wish	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the boy					tree rules
2	wish	present		a lion	boy				vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme

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

Nah, he never wished anything at all, he just stood there looking daft for ages

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wished	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wished	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 wished	advmod
5	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 looking	advcl
6	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 wished	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 anything	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stood	punct
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stood	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 stood	advmod
12	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 looking	aux
13	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stood	advmod
14	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
15	daft	daft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 looking	xcomp
16	for	for	ADP	_	17 ages	case
17	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not wish	past	he	anything		all			vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot anything=Theme
2	look	past					for ages	daft property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he rubbed the ear and wished it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rubbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rubbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rubbed	nsubj
4	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ear	det
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rubbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wished	cc
8	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rubbed	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wished	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	he	the ear					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	wish	past	he not said here	ear					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

Nah, he touched the paw and thought it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 touched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 touched	nsubj
4	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 paw	det
6	paw	paw	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 touched	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 thought	cc
8	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 touched	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thought	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	he	the paw					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme paw=Co-Theme
2	think speech: other	past	he not said here	paw					vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he rubbed the ear and wished it hard, and then he turned into a lion

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rubbed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rubbed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rubbed	nsubj
4	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ear	det
6	ear	ear	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rubbed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wished	cc
8	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rubbed	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 wished	obj
10	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 wished	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 turned	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 turned	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 turned	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 turned	nsubj
15	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rubbed	conj
16	into	into	ADP	_	18 lion	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 lion	det
18	lion	lion	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	he	the ear			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ear=Theme
2	wish	past	he not said here	ear		hard property	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
3	turn	past	he		then	into a lion result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into lion=Result

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