Test 6 · ★ · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

what's the deal with the little box then?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 what	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 deal	det
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 what	nsubj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 box	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 box	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 box	amod
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 deal	nmod
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 what	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 what	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the deal with the little box				then		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 · ← Mova's choice

it's got this special ointment inside, and when she rubs it on her eyes her tears turn into pearls, which is how she gets rich

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	this	this	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 ointment	det
5	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ointment	amod
6	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 got	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 turn	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 turn	cc
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 rubs	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rubs	nsubj
12	rubs	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 turn	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 rubs	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 eyes	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 eyes	nmod:poss
16	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 rubs	obl
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 tears	nmod:poss
18	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 turn	nsubj
19	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	conj
20	into	into	ADP	_	21 pearls	case
21	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 turn	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 gets	punct
23	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	27 gets	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 gets	cop
25	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	27 gets	advmod
26	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	27 gets	nsubj
27	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 pearls	acl:relcl
28	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 turn	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	present · passive	it	this special ointment		inside property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ointment=Stimulus
2	rub	present	she	ointment	her eyes		vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on eye=Destination
3	turn	present	her tears		pearls	rich property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into pearl=Trajectory
4	is	present	pearls			get property	tree rules

Option 2

it's a magic box that the fairy gave her, and it has a secret inside that she only opens when she's sad and wants to make money

The tree, 29 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 box	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 box	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 box	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 box	compound
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 gave	obj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fairy	det
8	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gave	nsubj
9	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 box	acl:relcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 gave	iobj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 has	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 gave	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 secret	det
16	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 opens	nsubj
17	inside	inside	ADP	_	18 that	case
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 secret	nmod
19	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 opens	nsubj
20	only	only	ADV	_	21 opens	advmod
21	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 has	parataxis
22	when	when	SCONJ	_	25 sad	mark
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 sad	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 sad	cop
25	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 opens	advcl
26	and	and	CCONJ	_	27 wants	cc
27	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 opens	conj
28	to	to	PART	_	29 make	mark
29	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	27 wants	xcomp
30	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 make	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a magic box			tree rules
2	give	past	the fairy	a magic box	her = she		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient that=Theme
3	have	present	fairy				vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	open	present	a secret inside that				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	present	secret			sad property	tree rules
6	want	present	a secret inside that not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
7	make not said to happen	to-infinitive	a secret inside that not said here	money			vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset money=Product

Option 3

it holds ointment that turns tears into shiny pearls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 turns	nsubj
5	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 ointment	acl:relcl
6	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turns	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 pearls	case
8	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pearls	amod
9	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	it	ointment					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ointment=Theme
2	turn	present	ointment	tears		shiny pearls			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent tear=Theme into pearl=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

it's got ointment that makes her tears turn into pearls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 got	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 got	aux
3	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	ointment	ointment	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 got	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 ointment	acl:relcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 tears	nmod:poss
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 turn	nsubj
9	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 makes	xcomp
10	into	into	ADP	_	11 pearls	case
11	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	get	present · passive	it	ointment		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ointment=Stimulus
2	make	present	ointment			tree rules
3	turn	present	her tears		pearls	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into pearl=Trajectory

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