Test 5 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince f…
the wife sings the same song three times, why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: wife · What happens: sing · To what, where: same song
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1297 «Celtic Fairy Tales, The Brown Bear of Norway: the prince forgets his wife, and she wins him back» 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 wife | det |
| 2 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | nsubj |
| 3 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 song | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 song | amod |
| 6 | song | song | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sings | obj |
| 7 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 times | nummod |
| 8 | times | time | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sings | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 why | punct |
| 10 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 sings | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 sings | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | the wife | the same song | time | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme |
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
cos the prince is sleeping, so she needs to sing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sleeping | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 sleeping | aux |
| 5 | sleeping | sleep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 cos | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 needs | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 needs | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 needs | nsubj |
| 9 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 sing | mark |
| 11 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 needs | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sleep | present · progressive | the prince | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | need | present | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | sing speech: express not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
cos the prince is in a deep sleep, he's out cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sleep | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sleep | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sleep | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sleep | det |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sleep | amod |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 out | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 out | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 out | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 13 cold | advmod |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 cos | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the prince | a deep sleep | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | he | out property | tree rules |
Option 3
cos the prince is in a deep sleep, he's out cold, and the witch's charm keeps him that way every night
The tree, 23 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sleep | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sleep | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sleep | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sleep | det |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sleep | amod |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cold | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cold | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 cold | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 13 cold | advmod |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 keeps | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 keeps | cc |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 witch | det |
| 17 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 charm | nmod:poss |
| 18 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 17 witch | case |
| 19 | charm | charm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 keeps | nsubj |
| 20 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 21 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 keeps | obj |
| 22 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 way | det |
| 23 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 keeps | obl:unmarked |
| 24 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 25 night | det |
| 25 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 keeps | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the prince | a deep sleep | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | he | cold, out property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | keep | present | the witch's charm | him = he | night | that way obl:unmarked | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
Option 4
cos the prince is in a deep sleep, he's out cold, so she has to keep singing till he wakes up
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | cos | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sleep | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sleep | cop |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sleep | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sleep | det |
| 7 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 sleep | amod |
| 8 | sleep | sleep | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 cold | punct |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 cold | nsubj |
| 11 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 cold | cop |
| 12 | out | out | ADV | _ | 13 cold | advmod |
| 13 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 has | punct |
| 15 | so | so | ADV | _ | 17 has | advmod |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 has | nsubj |
| 17 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 cos | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 keep | mark |
| 19 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 has | xcomp |
| 20 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 19 keep | xcomp |
| 21 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 23 wakes | mark |
| 22 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 wakes | nsubj |
| 23 | wakes | wake | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 20 singing | advcl |
| 24 | up | up | ADP | _ | 23 wakes | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cos | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the prince | a deep sleep | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | he | cold, out property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | have | present | she | tree rules | |||||
| 5 | keep | to-infinitive | she not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | sing speech: express | gerund | she not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 7 | wake up | present | he | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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