Test 1 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wed…

Oi, what was the King actually doing in them gardens with the Princess?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: do · To what, where: gardens

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1423 «d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wedding is spoiled and Bellissima is stolen» 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	Oi	oi	INTJ	_	3 what	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 doing	obj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 doing	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 doing	nsubj
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 doing	advmod
8	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 gardens	case
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gardens	nsubj
11	gardens	garden	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 doing	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 Princess	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Princess	det
14	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doing	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 doing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	the King			gardens		with the Princess; actually property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Dancing round the fountain, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	round	round	ADP	_	4 fountain	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fountain	det
4	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Dancing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 mate	punct
6	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fountain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dance	gerund				the fountain and mate			vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round fountain=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Playing cards, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Playing	play	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
2	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Playing	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 innit	punct
4	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cards	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	gerund		cards and innit					vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Listening to sweet music, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 music	case
3	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 music	amod
4	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Listening	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 innit	punct
6	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 music	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	listen	gerund						to sweet music and innit	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to music=Theme

Option 4

Chatting about the war, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chatting	chat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	about	about	ADP	_	4 war	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 war	det
4	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Chatting	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 innit	punct
6	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 war	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chat speech: other	gerund						about the war and innit	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about war=Topic

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