Test 8 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Hyacinth and the Dear Little Princ…
does he catch on that she's taking the mick?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, she · What happens: catch, take · To what, where: mick
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 catch | aux |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 catch | nsubj |
| 3 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 8 taking | mark |
| 5 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 taking | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 taking | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 taking | aux |
| 8 | taking | take | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 catch | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 mick | det |
| 10 | mick | mick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 taking | obj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 catch | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present · do-support | he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | take | present · progressive | she | the mick | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mick=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 · ✓ the right answer
nah, he's totally clueless, the muppet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 clueless | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 clueless | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clueless | cop |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 clueless | advmod |
| 6 | clueless | clueless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 muppet | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 muppet | det |
| 9 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 clueless | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | clueless, totally property | tree rules |
Option 2
yeah, he catches on straight away and tells her off for being so cheeky to a prince
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 catches | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 catches | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 catches | nsubj |
| 4 | catches | catch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 away | case |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 catches | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tells | cc |
| 9 | tells | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 catches | conj |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 tells | iobj |
| 11 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 tells | compound:prt |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 cheeky | case |
| 13 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 15 cheeky | cop |
| 14 | so | so | ADV | _ | 15 cheeky | advmod |
| 15 | cheeky | cheeky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 tells | ccomp |
| 16 | to | to | ADP | _ | 18 prince | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 prince | det |
| 18 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 cheeky | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | present | he | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | tell off speech: assert | present | he not said here | her = she | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | is | gerund | to a prince; cheeky property | tree rules |
Option 3
nah, he's totally clueless, the muppet, and he thinks she's his best mate for life
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 clueless | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 clueless | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clueless | cop |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 clueless | advmod |
| 6 | clueless | clueless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 muppet | punct |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 muppet | det |
| 9 | muppet | muppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 clueless | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 thinks | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 thinks | cc |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 thinks | nsubj |
| 13 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clueless | parataxis |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 mate | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 mate | cop |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 mate | nmod:poss |
| 17 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 18 mate | amod |
| 18 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 thinks | ccomp |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 20 life | case |
| 20 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mate | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | clueless, totally property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | he | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is a | present | she | his best mate | for life | tree rules |
Option 4
nah, he's totally oblivious, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 oblivious | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 oblivious | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 oblivious | cop |
| 5 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 6 oblivious | advmod |
| 6 | oblivious | oblivious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mate | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 oblivious | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | mate vocative; oblivious, totally property | tree rules |
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