Test 2 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ…
and the enchanter just nicks her mid-kiss?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: enchanter · What happens: nick · To what, where: mid-kiss, her
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1417 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princess, part 4: the Prince meets the old Fairy in a cave and she talks on about noses» 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 nicks | cc |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 enchanter | det |
| 3 | enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nicks | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 nicks | advmod |
| 5 | nicks | nick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 nicks | obj |
| 7 | mid-kiss | mid-kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 nicks | obj |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 nicks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nick | present | the enchanter | mid-kiss | her = she | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary mid-kiss=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
nah, the enchanter turned up with a massive crowd of goons and dragged her off screaming for ages
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 enchanter | det |
| 4 | enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 turned | compound:prt |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 crowd | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 crowd | det |
| 9 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 crowd | amod |
| 10 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 goons | case |
| 12 | goons | goon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 crowd | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 dragged | cc |
| 14 | dragged | drag | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 turned | conj |
| 15 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dragged | obj |
| 16 | off | off | ADP | _ | 14 dragged | compound:prt |
| 17 | screaming | scream | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 dragged | advcl |
| 18 | for | for | ADP | _ | 19 ages | case |
| 19 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 17 screaming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn up | past | the enchanter | with a massive crowd of goons | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | drag off | past | the enchanter not said here | enchanter | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 3 | scream speech: express | gerund | the enchanter not said here | for ages | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient |
Option 2
yeah, the enchanter swooped down in a storm and whisked her off mid-kiss like a magic yank
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 swooped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 swooped | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 enchanter | det |
| 4 | enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swooped | nsubj |
| 5 | swooped | swoop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | down | down | ADP | _ | 5 swooped | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 storm | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 storm | det |
| 9 | storm | storm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 swooped | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 whisked | cc |
| 11 | whisked | whisk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 swooped | conj |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 whisked | obj |
| 13 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 whisked | compound:prt |
| 14 | mid-kiss | mid-kiss | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 whisked | obl:unmarked |
| 15 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 yank | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 yank | det |
| 17 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 yank | amod |
| 18 | yank | yank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 whisked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swoop down | past | the enchanter | a storm | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | whisk off | past | the enchanter not said here | enchanter | like a magic yank; mid-kiss obl:unmarked | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 3
nah, she walked off on her own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 walked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 walked | nsubj |
| 4 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 walked | compound:prt |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 own | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 own | nmod:poss |
| 8 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk off | past | she | her own | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yeah, whisked her off like a magic yank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 whisked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 whisked | punct |
| 3 | whisked | whisk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 whisked | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 3 whisked | compound:prt |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 yank | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 yank | det |
| 8 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 yank | amod |
| 9 | yank | yank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 whisked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisk off | past | her = she | like a magic yank | vn shake-22.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
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