Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-princ…

What did the guards reckon was going on with the princess, straight up?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: guards · What happens: do, reckon, go on, straight up

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1229 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Bee, part 30: the bee-prince steals the sword, and the mermaid pulls him under the waves» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guards	det
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 reckon	nsubj
5	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 reckon	csubj
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 going	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 princess	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 straight	punct
13	straight	straight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 reckon	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 straight	compound:prt
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	reckon	present	the guards		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
3	go on	past · progressive		with the princess	vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	straight up	infinitive	the guards not said here		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 · ✓ the right answer

She'd had a bad dream

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	3 had	nsubj
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 had	aux
3	had	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dream	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dream	amod
6	dream	dream	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	would	She	a bad dream					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dream=Patient

Option 2

She'd been bewitched by a bee and was dreaming

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 bewitched	nsubj:pass
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bewitched	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 bewitched	aux:pass
4	bewitched	bewitch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 bee	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bee	det
7	bee	bee	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bewitched	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 dreaming	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dreaming	aux
10	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 bewitched	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bewitch	past · perfect · passive	a bee	She					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
2	dream	past · progressive	a bee not said here						vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3

She'd eaten bad fish

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	3 eaten	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 eaten	aux
3	eaten	eat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fish	amod
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 eaten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past · perfect	She	bad fish					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fish=Patient

Option 4

She'd been sleepwalking

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 sleepwalking	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sleepwalking	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 sleepwalking	aux
4	sleepwalking	sleepwalk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleepwalk	past · perfect · progressive	She						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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