Test 8 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…
So what's the Prince's whole deal, then? Why's he a laughing stock?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: whole deal, Prince, he · What happens: be, deal, laugh
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» 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
Sentence 1: So what's the Prince's whole deal, then?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 2 what | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 what | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 deal | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Prince | case |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 deal | amod |
| 8 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 what | nsubj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 what | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 what | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Prince's whole deal | then | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | deal | the Prince | nom deal «act transitive»: poss=agent |
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.
Sentence 2: Why's he a laughing stock?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stock | det |
| 5 | laughing | laugh | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 stock | amod |
| 6 | stock | stock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | he | why property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | laugh | gerund | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
His nose is massive and everyone's on at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 massive | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 massive | cop |
| 4 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 on | cc |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 on | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 on | cop |
| 8 | on | on | ADV | _ | 4 massive | conj |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 on | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His nose | massive property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | everyone | at him = he; on property | tree rules |
Option 2
His nose is huge and everyone teases him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 huge | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 huge | cop |
| 4 | huge | huge | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 teases | cc |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 teases | nsubj |
| 7 | teases | tease | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 huge | conj |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 teases | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His nose | huge property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | tease | present | everyone | him = he | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient |
Option 3
He's rude and everyone's dead annoyed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 rude | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 rude | cop |
| 3 | rude | rude | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 annoyed | cc |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 8 annoyed | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 everyone | case |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 annoyed | amod |
| 8 | annoyed | annoyed | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 rude | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | rude property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | everyone | tree rules |
Option 4
His nose is massive and everyone's on at him all the time, even his own mum and dad
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nose | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nose | nose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 massive | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 massive | cop |
| 4 | massive | massive | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 's | cc |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 7 's | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 massive | parataxis |
| 8 | on | on | ADV | _ | 7 's | advmod |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 him | case |
| 10 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 's | obl |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 13 time | det:predet |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 time | det |
| 13 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 's | obl:unmarked |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 mum | punct |
| 15 | even | even | ADV | _ | 18 mum | advmod |
| 16 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 mum | nmod:poss |
| 17 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 mum | amod |
| 18 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 massive | conj |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 20 dad | cc |
| 20 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 mum | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | His nose | massive property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be on | present | everyone | time | at him = he | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location |
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