Test 12 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines…
So the Prince gets three days to find a dog, that's wild, right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince, that · What happens: get, find, be · To what, where: dog
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1451 «Blue Fairy Book, The White Cat, part 38: the Prince dines with the White Cat and goes home with a tiny dog» 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 gets | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 gets | nsubj |
| 4 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 wild | advcl |
| 5 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 days | nummod |
| 6 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 gets | obj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 find | mark |
| 8 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 gets | xcomp |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 dog | det |
| 10 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 find | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wild | punct |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 wild | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 wild | cop |
| 14 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 wild | punct |
| 16 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 14 wild | discourse |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the Prince | day | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | the Prince not said here | a dog | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | ||||
| 3 | is | present | that | wild property | 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
Yeah, and the White Cat saves the day with an acorn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 saves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 saves | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saves | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Cat | det |
| 5 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Cat | amod |
| 6 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | nsubj |
| 7 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 acorn | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 acorn | det |
| 12 | acorn | acorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present | the White Cat | day | with a acorn | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, the Prince gets lost in the woods, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj |
| 5 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 woods | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 woods | det |
| 9 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 lost | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bruv | punct |
| 11 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 woods | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | the Prince | the woods and bruv | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3
Yeah, and the White Cat saves the day with an acorn and a tiny bark, bruv
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 7 saves | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 saves | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 saves | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Cat | det |
| 5 | White | white | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Cat | amod |
| 6 | Cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | nsubj |
| 7 | saves | save | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 day | det |
| 9 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 acorn | case |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 acorn | det |
| 12 | acorn | acorn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 saves | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 bark | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 bark | det |
| 15 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bark | amod |
| 16 | bark | bark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 acorn | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 bruv | punct |
| 18 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 acorn | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | present | the White Cat | day | with a acorn and a tiny bark and bruv | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nah, he is lost in the woods and gives up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 lost | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 lost | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | aux:pass |
| 5 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 woods | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 woods | det |
| 8 | woods | wood | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 lost | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gives | cc |
| 10 | gives | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lost | conj |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 gives | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | he | the woods | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | give up | present | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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