Test 10 · ★ · The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud p…

why did the dwarf say she's not worth marrying, even though he wanted her?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dwarf, she, he · What happens: say, not be, marry, want · To what, where: her · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1421 «The Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 1: a proud princess and a queen's bargain with a dwarf» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 say	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dwarf	det
4	dwarf	dwarf	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 worth	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 worth	cop
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 worth	advmod
9	worth	worth	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	ccomp
10	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 worth	csubj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wanted	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	15 wanted	advmod
13	though	though	SCONJ	_	15 wanted	mark
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	nsubj
15	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 marrying	parataxis
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wanted	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the dwarf			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not is	present	she		worth property	tree rules
3	marry	gerund				vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	want	past	he	her = she		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=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

he was being rude

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	4 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rude	cop
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 rude	cop
4	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					rude property	tree rules

Option 2

he hoped to scare the queen

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	2 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 scare	mark
4	scare	scare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scare	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hope	past	he						vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	scare not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	the queen					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus queen=Experiencer

Option 3

he wanted to test her pride

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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 test	mark
4	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 pride	nmod:poss
6	pride	pride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	want	past	he		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	test not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	her pride	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pride=Theme
3	pride		her = she		nom pride «feeling transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

he only wanted to be a jerk about it

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 wanted	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 wanted	advmod
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	7 jerk	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 jerk	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 jerk	det
7	jerk	jerk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	xcomp
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 jerk	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	is a not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	a jerk				about jerk	tree rules

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