Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ…

she goes on and on about her gob, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: go, innit

This is test 6 · ★ 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 goes	nsubj
2	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADV	_	2 goes	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 on	cc
5	on	on	ADV	_	3 on	conj
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 gob	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 gob	nmod:poss
8	gob	gob	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 goes	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 goes	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 goes	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	she					about her gob	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme about gob=Location
2	innit	infinitive	she not said here						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

yeah, she talks loads, poor thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 talks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 talks	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talks	nsubj
4	talks	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 talks	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 thing	punct
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loads	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	she	loads and poor thing					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent load=Patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the old girl never shuts it, bless her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 shuts	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shuts	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 shuts	advmod
7	shuts	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shuts	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 bless	punct
10	bless	bless	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 shuts	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bless	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not shut	present	the old girl	it					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	bless	infinitive	the old girl not said here	girl					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

yeah, the old girl never shuts her gob for a single second, bless her, it drives him mad

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 girl	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 girl	amod
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shuts	vocative
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	7 shuts	advmod
7	shuts	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 gob	nmod:poss
9	gob	gob	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shuts	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	13 second	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 second	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 second	amod
13	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shuts	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 bless	punct
15	bless	bless	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 shuts	parataxis
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 bless	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 drives	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 drives	nsubj
19	drives	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 shuts	conj
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 drives	obj
21	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 drives	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not shut	present		girl's gob	second	the old girl vocative	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent gob=Patient
2	bless	infinitive		girl			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	drive	present	gob	him = he		mad property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme he=Trajectory

Option 4

nah, she barely says a word, just sits there nodding, till the sun comes up in the morning

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
4	barely	barely	ADV	_	5 says	advmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 word	det
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 sits	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 sits	advmod
10	sits	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	conj
11	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 sits	advmod
12	nodding	nod	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 sits	xcomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 comes	punct
14	till	till	SCONJ	_	17 comes	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 sun	det
16	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 comes	nsubj
17	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sits	conj
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 comes	compound:prt
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 morning	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 morning	det
21	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she	a word			barely property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
2	sit	present	she not said here		there			tree rules
3	nod	gerund	she not said here					vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	come up	present	the sun			morning		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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