Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince cl…
Why was the palace king so mad, like, seriously?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: palace king
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1240 «Fairy Book, The Prince and His Dog, part 41: the prince climbs to the princess's window» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 king | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 king | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 4 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 king | compound |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 mad | nsubj |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 mad | advmod |
| 7 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| 9 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 7 mad | discourse |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 seriously | punct |
| 11 | seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 7 mad | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the palace king | 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
A youth who was not a prince dared to ask for her hand in marriage
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 youth | det |
| 2 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 prince | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 prince | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 prince | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 prince | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | dared | dare | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 prince | acl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 ask | mark |
| 10 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dared | xcomp |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 hand | case |
| 12 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 hand | nmod:poss |
| 13 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ask | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 marriage | case |
| 15 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | past | a youth | a prince | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | dare | participle | a prince not said here | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | marriage | for her hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
A commoner dared to ask for her hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 commoner | det |
| 2 | commoner | commoner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dared | nsubj |
| 3 | dared | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 ask | mark |
| 5 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dared | xcomp |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hand | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare | past | a commoner | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | a commoner not said here | for commoner's hand | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
A youth who was not a prince wanted her, and the king would not allow it at all
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 youth | det |
| 2 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 allow | nsubj |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wanted | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 wanted | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wanted | nsubj |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 youth | acl:relcl |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wanted | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 allow | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 allow | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 king | det |
| 13 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 allow | nsubj |
| 14 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 allow | aux |
| 15 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 allow | advmod |
| 16 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 allow | obj |
| 18 | at | at | ADP | _ | 19 all | case |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 16 allow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | a youth | want property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not allow | would | a youth | it | all | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A youth who was not a prince wanted her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 youth | det |
| 2 | youth | youth | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 wanted | cop |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 wanted | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 prince | det |
| 7 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wanted | nsubj |
| 8 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 youth | acl:relcl |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | past | a youth | want property | tree rules |
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