Test 6 · ★ · d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, The Yellow Dwarf, part 10: the wed…
Why'd the Fairy get so mad, like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Fairy · What happens: get
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 get | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 get | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Fairy | det |
| 4 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 get | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 like | advcl |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 mad | advmod |
| 7 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 get | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 get | punct |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 like | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the Fairy | mad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Cos the King went back on the deal for the Princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 4 went | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 King | det |
| 3 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 went | nsubj |
| 4 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 went | advmod |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 deal | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 deal | det |
| 8 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 went | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 Princess | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Princess | det |
| 11 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 deal | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | past | the King | the deal for the Princess | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Cos the wedding was held without her invitation at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 wedding | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 wedding | det |
| 3 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 held | obl |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 held | aux:pass |
| 5 | held | hold | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | without | without | ADP | _ | 8 invitation | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 invitation | nmod:poss |
| 8 | invitation | invitation | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 held | obl |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 all | case |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 invitation | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | past · passive | cos the wedding; without her invitation at all | vn exist-47.1 «NP V» | |||||
| 2 | invite | her = she | nom invitation «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Cos somebody ignored her warning, like
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 ignored | mark |
| 2 | somebody | somebody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 ignored | nsubj |
| 3 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 warning | nmod:poss |
| 5 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ignored | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 ignored | punct |
| 7 | like | like | INTJ | _ | 3 ignored | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | past | somebody | her warning | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme | ||||
| 2 | warn | her = she | nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Cos the promise to the Dwarf got broke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 3 promise | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 promise | det |
| 3 | promise | promise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 got | obl |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 Dwarf | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Dwarf | det |
| 6 | Dwarf | Dwarf | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 promise | nmod |
| 7 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | broke | broke | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | cos the promise to the Dwarf; broke property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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