Test 7 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds…
the youngest one was like, "I'm busy, I don't care about strangers"
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youngest one, I · What happens: be, not care
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 one | det |
| 2 | youngest | young | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 3 one | amod |
| 3 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 like | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 like | cop |
| 5 | like | like | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 busy | punct |
| 7 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 busy | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 busy | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 busy | cop |
| 10 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 like | conj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 care | punct |
| 12 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 15 care | nsubj |
| 13 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 care | aux |
| 14 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 15 care | advmod |
| 15 | care | care | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 busy | parataxis |
| 16 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 strangers | case |
| 17 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 care | obl |
| 18 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 15 care | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the youngest one | like property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | I | busy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not care in a quote | present · do-support | I | about strangers | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus what S»: agent=Experiencer about stranger=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 · ← Mova's choice
she stayed behind at home to finish her chores before the king arrived
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 2 stayed | advmod |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 home | case |
| 5 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stayed | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 finish | mark |
| 7 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stayed | advcl |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 chores | nmod:poss |
| 9 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 finish | obj |
| 10 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 arrived | mark |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 king | det |
| 12 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 arrived | nsubj |
| 13 | arrived | arrive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 finish | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | she | home | behind property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location | |||
| 2 | finish | to-infinitive | she not said here | her chores | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality chore=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | arrive | past | the king | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
she stayed behind to finish her work and would not talk to the strangers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 2 stayed | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 finish | mark |
| 5 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stayed | advcl |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 work | nmod:poss |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finish | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 talk | cc |
| 9 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 talk | aux |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 talk | advmod |
| 11 | talk | talk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stayed | conj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 strangers | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 strangers | det |
| 14 | strangers | stranger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 talk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | she | behind property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finish | to-infinitive | she not said here | her work | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | not talk | would | she not said here | to the strangers | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to stranger=Co-Agent | ||||
| 4 | work | her = she | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
she refused to leave the house
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 refused | nsubj |
| 2 | refused | refuse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 leave | mark |
| 4 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 refused | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 house | det |
| 6 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 leave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | refuse | past | she | vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | not leave | to-infinitive | she not said here | the house | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent house=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
she stayed behind to finish her work
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 stayed | nsubj |
| 2 | stayed | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 2 stayed | advmod |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 finish | mark |
| 5 | finish | finish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stayed | advcl |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 work | nmod:poss |
| 7 | work | work | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | past | she | behind property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | finish | to-infinitive | she not said here | her work | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality work=Eventuality | ||||
| 3 | work | her = she | nom work «act intransitive»: poss=agent |
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