Test 12 · ★ · Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the d…

Ngl, why was the prince stuck as a bear?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ngl · What happens: be, stick · To what, where: prince

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 126 «Household Stories, Snow-White and Rose-Red, part 29: the dwarf is snagged three times, and the bear becomes a prince» 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	Ngl	Ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 prince	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ngl	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 Ngl	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 prince	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 prince	acl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 bear	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bear	det
10	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuck	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 prince	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Ngl	the prince					tree rules
2	stick	participle		the prince not said here				as a bear	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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

He angered a dwarf at the market and was turned into a bear for years

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 angered	nsubj
2	angered	anger	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 dwarf	det
4	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 angered	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 market	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 market	det
7	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 angered	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 turned	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 turned	aux:pass
10	turned	turn	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 angered	conj
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 bear	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 bear	det
13	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 turned	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 years	case
15	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	anger	past	He	a dwarf		the market			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dwarf=Experiencer
2	turn	past · passive	He not said here			a bear	year		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: into bear=Trajectory

Option 2

A wicked dwarf who wanted his kingdom enchanted him long ago

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 dwarf	det
2	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dwarf	amod
3	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 enchanted	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 wanted	nsubj
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dwarf	acl:relcl
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 kingdom	nmod:poss
7	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 enchanted	obj
10	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 ago	advmod
11	ago	ago	ADV	_	8 enchanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	a wicked dwarf	dwarf's kingdom					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot kingdom=Theme
2	enchant	past	a wicked dwarf	him = he				ago property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A dwarf enchanted him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 dwarf	det
2	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 enchanted	nsubj
3	enchanted	enchant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 enchanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	enchant	past	a dwarf	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 4

A fairy cursed him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 fairy	det
2	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 fairy	acl
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cursed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	participle	a fairy not said here	fairy					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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