Test 7 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a p…
Was the Queen's ride a proper dope coach?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: ride
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1448 «Blue Fairy Book, Felicia and the Pot of Pinks, part 1: a poor girl is cheated of her pinks and is rewarded by a Queen with a golden pitcher» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 ride | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Queen | det |
| 3 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 ride | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Queen | case |
| 5 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 coach | csubj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 coach | det |
| 7 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 coach | amod |
| 8 | dope | dope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 coach | compound |
| 9 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 coach | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the Queen's ride | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
coral covered in emeralds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coral | coral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 coral | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 emeralds | case |
| 4 | emeralds | emerald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | coral not said here | in emeralds | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in emerald=Theme |
Option 2
coral covered in emeralds and pearls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | coral | coral | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 coral | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 emeralds | case |
| 4 | emeralds | emerald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 covered | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 pearls | cc |
| 6 | pearls | pearl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 emeralds | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | coral not said here | in emeralds and pearls | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in emerald=Theme |
Option 3
a dope coach of coral covered in green emeralds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 coach | det |
| 2 | dope | dope | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coach | compound |
| 3 | coach | coach | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 coral | case |
| 5 | coral | coral | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 coach | nmod |
| 6 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 coach | acl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 emeralds | case |
| 8 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 emeralds | amod |
| 9 | emeralds | emerald | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | a dope coach of coral not said here | in green emeralds | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in emerald=Theme |
Option 4
silver covered in rubies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 silver | acl |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 rubies | case |
| 4 | rubies | ruby | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 covered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | participle | silver not said here | in rubies | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in ruby=Theme |
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