Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Prince Pink, part 36: Felicia hears her t…
Wait, the pink talked too? Like a proper talking flower?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, pink · What happens: wait, talk
This is test 6 · ★ 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 pink talked too?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 talked | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 pink | det |
| 4 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 talked | nsubj |
| 5 | talked | talk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 talked | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | talk | past | the pink | vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=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: Like a proper talking flower?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 5 flower | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 flower | det |
| 3 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 flower | amod |
| 4 | talking | talking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flower | compound |
| 5 | flower | flower | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 flower | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Nah, it was a bird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 bird | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 bird | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bird | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bird | det |
| 6 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a bird | tree rules |
Option 2
Nope, it was the hen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 6 hen | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hen | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 hen | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hen | det |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | the hen | tree rules |
Option 3
No, the pink just sat there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 pink | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 pink | det |
| 4 | pink | pink | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 sat | advmod |
| 6 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 pink | advcl |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 sat | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | past | there | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, it said how the flowers love her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 love | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 flowers | det |
| 7 | flowers | flower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 love | nsubj |
| 8 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | love | present | the flowers | her = she | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
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