Test 5 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds…

how did the iron tree even get its leaves to the king

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: get · To what, where: leaves

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1312 «Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds a fish, he is eaten, and his bones grow into a magic tree» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
4	iron	iron	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 leaves	nmod:poss
9	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 king	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 king	det
12	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support		tree's leaves				to the king	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leaf=Stimulus

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

the sailors carried it on a boat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sailors	det
2	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 carried	nsubj
3	carried	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carried	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 boat	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past	the sailors	it		a boat			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

a soft breeze blew one across the sea to the palace gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 breeze	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breeze	amod
3	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 blew	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obl
9	to	to	ADP	_	12 gate	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gate	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gate	compound
12	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a soft breeze	one	the palace gate	the sea			vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Patient to gate=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

a soft breeze blew one across the sea

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 breeze	det
2	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 breeze	amod
3	breeze	breeze	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 blew	obj
6	across	across	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a soft breeze	one		the sea			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent one=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

a strong wind blew it over the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 wind	det
2	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wind	amod
3	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	nsubj
4	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 blew	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	8 water	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	a strong wind	it		the water			vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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