Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen ros…

so he just picks a rose, no cap, what a muppet

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: pick · To what, where: rose

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1438 «Fairy Tales, Beauty and the Beast, part 25: the stolen rose and the Beast's bargain» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 picks	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 picks	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 picks	advmod
4	picks	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rose	det
6	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cap	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 cap	det
9	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 picks	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	9 cap	nmod
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 muppet	det
13	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 what	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	present	he	a rose				no cap obl	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rose=Patient

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

Yeah he was well rude

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 rude	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 rude	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
4	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 rude	advmod
5	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, well property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, he's a total muppet for stealing from a monster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 muppet	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 muppet	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 muppet	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 muppet	det
6	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 muppet	amod
7	muppet	muppet	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	for	for	SCONJ	_	9 stealing	mark
9	stealing	steal	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 muppet	acl
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 monster	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 monster	det
12	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stealing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	he	a total muppet					tree rules
2	steal	gerund	a total muppet not said here					from a monster	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah he should've asked first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 asked	discourse
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 asked	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 asked	aux
4	've	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 asked	aux
5	asked	ask	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 asked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	should · perfect	he					first property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Nah, he only wanted to bring his daughter something nice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 bring	mark
7	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 daughter	nmod:poss
9	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bring	obj
10	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 bring	obj
11	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 something	amod

#	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 clause=Theme
2	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	something	his daughter				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent daughter=Destination something=Theme

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