Test 6 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…
is the hubby the witch's son or what?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: hubby · What happens: be · To what, where: son
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 son | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hubby | det |
| 3 | hubby | hubby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nsubj |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 witch | det |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 son | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 witch | case |
| 7 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 what | cc |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 son | appos |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 son | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the hubby | the witch's son | 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
nah, he's a prince from the east who got turned into a bear by a jealous witch
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 prince | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 prince | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 prince | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 east | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 east | det |
| 9 | east | east | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prince | nmod |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 turned | nsubj |
| 11 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 turned | aux:pass |
| 12 | turned | turn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 east | acl:relcl |
| 13 | into | into | ADP | _ | 15 bear | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bear | det |
| 15 | bear | bear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | obl |
| 16 | by | by | ADP | _ | 19 witch | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 witch | det |
| 18 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 witch | amod |
| 19 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a prince | the east | tree rules | |||
| 2 | turn | past · passive | a jealous witch | the east | a bear | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme into bear=Trajectory |
Option 2
nah, he's a king, under a curse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 king | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 king | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 curse | punct |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 curse | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 curse | det |
| 10 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 king | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a king and a curse | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
nah, he's a prince, under a spell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 prince | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 prince | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 prince | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 prince | punct |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 spell | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 spell | det |
| 10 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 prince | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | a prince | a spell | tree rules |
Option 4
yeah, he's the witch's son, but he's a prince under a spell too
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 8 son | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 son | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 son | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 son | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 witch | det |
| 6 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 witch | case |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 prince | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 14 prince | cc |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 prince | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 prince | cop |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 prince | det |
| 14 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 son | appos |
| 15 | under | under | ADP | _ | 17 spell | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 spell | det |
| 17 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 prince | nmod |
| 18 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 son | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | he | the witch's son | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a prince | a spell | tree rules |
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