Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's…
so what's the trick to fixing the spell, like what does the cat need to get her human shape back
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, fix, do, need, get · To what, where: trick, spell, cat, human shape
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1453 «Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's head and the spell breaks» 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 | _ | 2 what | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 trick | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trick | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 trick | det |
| 5 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 7 fixing | mark |
| 7 | fixing | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 trick | acl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spell | det |
| 9 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fixing | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 need | punct |
| 11 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 13 does | mark |
| 12 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 13 does | nsubj |
| 13 | does | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 need | advcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cat | det |
| 15 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 does | obj |
| 16 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trick | parataxis |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 get | mark |
| 18 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 16 need | xcomp |
| 19 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 shape | nmod:poss |
| 20 | human | human | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 shape | amod |
| 21 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 get | obj |
| 22 | back | back | ADV | _ | 18 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the trick | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | fix | gerund | the spell | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent spell=Patient | |||||
| 3 | do | present | the cat | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Eventuality | |||||
| 4 | need | present | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||||
| 5 | get not said to happen | to-infinitive | cat's human shape | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus |
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
a brave prince to save her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 prince | det |
| 2 | brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 prince | amod |
| 3 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 save | mark |
| 5 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 prince | acl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 save | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | to-infinitive | her = she | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a prince who loves her like her lost lover
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 loves | nsubj |
| 4 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 prince | acl:relcl |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loves | obj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 lover | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 lover | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lover | amod |
| 9 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loves | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | a prince | her = she | like her lost lover | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
a prince who loves her like her lost lover and wins her over in a fight
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 loves | nsubj |
| 4 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 prince | acl:relcl |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 loves | obj |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 lover | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 lover | nmod:poss |
| 8 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 lover | amod |
| 9 | lover | lover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 loves | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 wins | cc |
| 11 | wins | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 loves | conj |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 wins | obj |
| 13 | over | over | ADP | _ | 11 wins | compound:prt |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 fight | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 fight | det |
| 16 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wins | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | a prince | her = she | like her lost lover | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | win over | present | a prince not said here | her = she | a fight | vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient |
Option 4
a prince who truly loves her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 loves | nsubj |
| 4 | truly | truly | ADV | _ | 5 loves | advmod |
| 5 | loves | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 prince | acl:relcl |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 loves | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | a prince | her = she | truly property | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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