Test 12 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ri…

ngl, what did the queen do when the mice showed up?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ngl, mice · What happens: do, show up · To what, where: queen

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1416 «Blue Fairy Book, The Bronze Ring: the mice win back the ring, then lose it at sea» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 showed	aux
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 showed	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mice	det
10	mice	mouse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 showed	nsubj
11	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 showed	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	ngl	the queen					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Eventuality
2	show up	present · do-support	the mice						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=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

she welcomed them home with a great feast and then sent them off to the palace

The tree, 16 words

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 welcomed	nsubj
2	welcomed	welcome	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 welcomed	obj
4	home	home	ADV	_	2 welcomed	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 feast	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 feast	det
7	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feast	amod
8	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 welcomed	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sent	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sent	advmod
11	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 welcomed	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sent	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	11 sent	compound:prt
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 palace	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 palace	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	welcome	past	she	them = they				with a great feast; home property	vn admit-64.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	send off	past	she not said here	them = they		the palace	then		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

nothing is said, the tale moves on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 said	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	aux:pass
3	said	say	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 moves	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tale	det
6	tale	tale	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moves	nsubj
7	moves	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 moves	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · passive		nothing					tree rules
2	move on	present	the tale						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

she scolded them harshly for losing the ring and sent them into exile forever

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 scolded	nsubj
2	scolded	scold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scolded	obj
4	harshly	harshly	ADV	_	2 scolded	advmod
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 losing	mark
6	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 scolded	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ring	det
8	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 losing	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sent	cc
10	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 scolded	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sent	obj
12	into	into	ADP	_	13 exile	case
13	exile	exile	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sent	obl
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	10 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	scold	past	she	them = they		harshly property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	lose	gerund	she not said here	the ring			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ring=Eventuality
3	send	past	she not said here	them = they	exile	forever property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

she sent them back to sea

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sent	obj
4	back	back	ADV	_	2 sent	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	6 sea	case
6	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	past	she	them = they		sea			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme to sea=Destination

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