Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's…
the princess said the dragon ate people, but what did the King actually do about it
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess, dragon · What happens: say, eat, do · To what, where: people · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 princess | det |
| 2 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 said | nsubj |
| 3 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 dragon | det |
| 5 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 ate | nsubj |
| 6 | ate | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 7 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 ate | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 did | punct |
| 9 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 11 did | cc |
| 10 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 11 did | nsubj |
| 11 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 do | aux |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 King | det |
| 13 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 did | obj |
| 14 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 15 do | advmod |
| 15 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 said | ccomp |
| 16 | about | about | ADP | _ | 17 it | case |
| 17 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 said | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | the princess | about dragon | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | eat | past | the dragon | people | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient | ||||
| 3 | do | past · do-support | actually property | vn act-114-1 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
he handed her to the fairies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 handed | nsubj |
| 2 | handed | hand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 handed | iobj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 fairies | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fairies | det |
| 6 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 handed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hand | past | he | her = she | to the fairies | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to fairy=Destination |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he gave her up to the fairies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 gave | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fairies | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fairies | det |
| 7 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | he | her = she | to the fairies | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to fairy=Recipient |
Option 3
he sent a knight to fight the dragon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 sent | nsubj |
| 2 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 knight | det |
| 4 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sent | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 fight | mark |
| 6 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 sent | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dragon | det |
| 8 | dragon | dragon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fight | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | past | he | a knight | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent knight=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fight | to-infinitive | he not said here | the dragon | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dragon=Co-Agent |
Option 4
he gave her up to the fairies and shut the Queen in a tower
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | nsubj |
| 2 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gave | iobj |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 gave | compound:prt |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 fairies | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fairies | det |
| 7 | fairies | fairy | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 gave | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shut | cc |
| 9 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin | 2 gave | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Queen | det |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 shut | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 tower | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 tower | det |
| 14 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shut | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give up | past | he | her = she | to the fairies | vn contribute-13.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Theme to fairy=Recipient | |||
| 2 | shut | present | he not said here | the Queen | a tower | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent queen=Patient |
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