Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid'…

Bro, how did the King get past the nymphs, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: King · What happens: do, get

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1425 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid's trick, the diamond sword, and the King's fight to reach Bellissima» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	past	past	ADP	_	10 nymphs	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 nymphs	det
10	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 get	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	7 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past						Bro vocative	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	present	the King					past the nymphs	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past nymph=Destination

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 cut their ropes

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 cut	nsubj
2	cut	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 ropes	nmod:poss
4	ropes	rope	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cut	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past	He	their ropes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Product

Option 2

He charmed them asleep

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 charmed	nsubj
2	charmed	charm	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 charmed	obj
4	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 charmed	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	charm	past	He	them = they				asleep property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He broke their garlands

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 broke	nsubj
2	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 garlands	nmod:poss
4	garlands	garland	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 broke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	He	their garlands					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer garland=Patient

Option 4

He flew over

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 flew	nsubj
2	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 flew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly over	past	He					over property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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