Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Yellow Dwarf, part 12: the Mermaid'…
Is the Mermaid on the King's side, or nah?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: Mermaid, side
This is test 8 · ★ 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 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 Mermaid | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Mermaid | det |
| 3 | Mermaid | mermaid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 side | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 King | det |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 side | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 King | case |
| 8 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 Mermaid | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 nah | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 nah | cc |
| 11 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 Mermaid | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 Mermaid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the Mermaid | the King's side | tree rules |
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
Yeah, she helps him fool the Fairy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 helps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 helps | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helps | nsubj |
| 4 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helps | obj |
| 6 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 helps | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Fairy | det |
| 8 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fool | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | she | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fool | infinitive | him = he not said here | the Fairy | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she helps him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 helps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 helps | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helps | nsubj |
| 4 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | she | him = he | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Nah, she fights him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 fights | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fights | nsubj |
| 4 | fights | fight | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fights | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fight | present | she | him = he | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent |
Option 4
Nah, she actually sides with the Fairy here
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 sides | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sides | nsubj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 sides | advmod |
| 5 | sides | side | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 Fairy | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Fairy | det |
| 8 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sides | nmod |
| 9 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 sides | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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