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Test 1 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…

Wait, the cabbage actually talked to Felicia? That's mental, innit

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, cabbage, That · What happens: wait, talk, be · To what, where: Felicia

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1449 «Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her true story and wins back her pinks» 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

Sentence 1: Wait, the cabbage actually talked to Felicia?

punctdetnsubjadvmodadvclcaseoblpunctrootWaitVERB,PUNCTtheDETcabbageNOUNactuallyADVtalkedVERBtoADPFeliciaPROPN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WaitwaitVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
2,,PUNCT_6 talkedpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 cabbagedet
4cabbagecabbageNOUNNumber=Sing6 talkednsubj
5actuallyactuallyADV_6 talkedadvmod
6talkedtalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin1 Waitadvcl
7totoADP_8 Feliciacase
8FeliciaFeliciaPROPNNumber=Sing6 talkedobl
9??PUNCT_1 Waitpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1waitimperativeyou not said herevn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2talkpastthe cabbageFeliciaactually propertyvn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to felicia=Co-Agent

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.

Sentence 2: That's mental, innit

nsubjcoppunctdiscourserootThatPRON'sAUXmentalADJ,PUNCTinnitINTJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThatthatPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem3 mentalnsubj
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 mentalcop
3mentalmentalADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_3 mentalpunct
5innitinnitINTJ_3 mentaldiscourse
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentThatmental propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Nope, the hen did all the talking

discoursepunctdetnsubjdet:predetdetobjrootNopeINTJ,PUNCTtheDEThenNOUNdidVERBallDETtheDETtalkingNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NopenopeINTJ_5 diddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_1 Nopepunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 hendet
4henhenNOUNNumber=Sing5 didnsubj
5diddoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6allallDETPronType=Tot8 talkingdet:predet
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 talkingdet
8talkingtalkingNOUNNumber=Sing5 didobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1dopastthe henall talkingvn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent talking=Eventuality

Option 2

Yeah, the cabbage talked, and it told her where the pinks were hidden, then went quiet again

The tree, 17 words
discoursepunctdetnsubjpunctccnsubjconjiobjadvmoddetnsubj:passaux:passccomppunctadvmodconjxcompadvmodrootYeahINTJ,PUNCTtheDETcabbageNOUNtalkedVERB,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONtoldVERBherPRONwhereADVtheDETpinksNOUNwereAUXhiddenVERB,PUNCTthenADVwentVERBquietADJagainADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YeahyeahINTJ_5 talkeddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 talkedpunct
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art4 cabbagedet
4cabbagecabbageNOUNNumber=Sing5 talkednsubj
5talkedtalkVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6,,PUNCT_9 toldpunct
7andandCCONJ_9 toldcc
8ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 toldnsubj
9toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 talkedconj
10hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 toldiobj
11wherewhereADVPronType=Rel15 hiddenadvmod
12thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art13 pinksdet
13pinkspinkNOUNNumber=Plur15 hiddennsubj:pass
14werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin15 hiddenaux:pass
15hiddenhideVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass9 toldccomp
16,,PUNCT_18 wentpunct
17thenthenADVPronType=Dem18 wentadvmod
18wentgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 talkedconj
19quietquietADJDegree=Pos18 wentxcomp
20againagainADV_18 wentadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1talkpastthe cabbagevn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2tell speech: assertpastcabbageher = shevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3hidepast · passivethe pinksvn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4gopastthe cabbage not said herethen; againquiet propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, and it told her where the pinks were, but she fainted before she could thank it properly

The tree, 18 words
discoursepunctccnsubjiobjadvmoddetnsubjccomppunctccnsubjconjmarknsubjauxadvclobjadvmodrootYeahINTJ,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONtoldVERBherPRONwhereADVtheDETpinksNOUNwereVERB,PUNCTbutCCONJshePRONfaintedVERBbeforeSCONJshePRONcouldAUXthankVERBitPRONproperlyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YeahyeahINTJ_5 tolddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 toldpunct
3andandCCONJ_5 toldcc
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 toldnsubj
5toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 toldiobj
7wherewhereADVPronType=Rel10 wereadvmod
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 pinksdet
9pinkspinkNOUNNumber=Plur10 werensubj
10werebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 toldccomp
11,,PUNCT_14 faintedpunct
12butbutCCONJ_14 faintedcc
13sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs14 faintednsubj
14faintedfaintVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin5 toldconj
15beforebeforeSCONJ_18 thankmark
16sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 thanknsubj
17couldcouldAUXVerbForm=Fin18 thankaux
18thankthankVERBVerbForm=Inf14 faintedadvcl
19ititPRONCase=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 thankobj
20properlyproperlyADV_18 thankadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpastither = shevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
2bepastthe pinksvn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3faintpastshevn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
4thank speech: thankcouldsheitproperly propertyvn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, and it told her where the pinks were

discoursepunctccnsubjiobjccompdetnsubjcoprootYeahINTJ,PUNCTandCCONJitPRONtoldVERBherPRONwhereADVtheDETpinksNOUNwereAUX
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YeahyeahINTJ_5 tolddiscourse
2,,PUNCT_5 toldpunct
3andandCCONJ_5 toldcc
4ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 toldnsubj
5toldtellVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hershePRONCase=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs5 toldiobj
7wherewhereADVPronType=Rel5 toldccomp
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 pinksdet
9pinkspinkNOUNNumber=Plur7 wherensubj
10werebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin7 wherecop
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertpastither = shevn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2ispastthe pinkswhere propertytree rules

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