Test 12 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, par…

The frog was proper pushy, wasn't he, asking her for loads?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: frog · What happens: be, not ask · To what, where: her

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 123 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, Mother Holle and The Frog Prince, part 26: the lazy girl gets pitch, and the frog claims his promise» 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 frog	det
2	frog	frog	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 asking	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pushy	cop
4	proper	properly	ADV	_	5 pushy	advmod
5	pushy	pushy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 frog	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 frog	punct
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 asking	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 asking	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asking	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 asking	punct
11	asking	ask	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 asking	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 loads	case
14	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 asking	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	11 asking	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the frog not said here					properly, pushy property	tree rules
2	not ask speech: ask	past · progressive	the frog		her = she			for loads	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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

Yeah, he kept on at her all day long until she gave in and let him stay

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 kept	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obl:unmarked
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 kept	advmod
11	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 gave	mark
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	advcl
14	in	in	ADP	_	13 gave	compound:prt
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 let	cc
16	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 kept	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 let	obj
18	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep on	past	he		day	at her = she; long property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at she=Location
2	give in	past	she				vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	let	infinitive	he not said here	him = he			tree rules
4	stay	infinitive	him = he not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, he begged her for ages and she agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 ages	case
7	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 begged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 agreed	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 agreed	nsubj
10	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 begged	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	he		her = she		for ages		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent she=Recipient for age=Topic
2	agree speech: agree	past	she						vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he kept on at her till she gave in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 kept	compound:prt
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	obl
8	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 gave	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 gave	nsubj
10	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	10 gave	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep on	past	he					at her = she	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at she=Location
2	give in	past	she						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nah, he asked her nicely and then left her be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 asked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	nsubj
4	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 asked	iobj
6	nicely	nicely	ADV	_	4 asked	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 left	advmod
9	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 asked	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 left	obj
11	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 left	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	he		her = she		nicely property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	leave	past	he not said here	her = she		then		tree rules
3	be	infinitive	her = she not said here					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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