Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The White Cat: the Prince cuts off the cat's…

bro, why did the fairies turn her into a cat in the first place, be honest

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: fairies, you · What happens: turn, be · To what, where: her

This is test 9 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 honest	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 turn	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 turn	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 turn	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fairies	det
6	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 turn	nsubj
7	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 bro	acl:relcl
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 turn	obj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 cat	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 cat	det
11	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turn	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 place	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 place	det
14	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	15 place	amod
15	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cat	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 bro	punct
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 honest	cop
18	honest	honest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past · do-support	the fairies	her = she				into a cat in the first place result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent she=Theme into cat=Result
2	is	imperative	you not said here					bro vocative; honest 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

she refused to wed the king of the dwarfs, and she mocked the fairy at the feast

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wed	mark
4	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dwarfs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarfs	det
9	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 king	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 mocked	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 mocked	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 mocked	nsubj
13	mocked	mock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 refused	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fairy	det
15	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mocked	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 feast	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 feast	det
18	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mocked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	refuse	past	she			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not wed	to-infinitive	she not said here	the king of the dwarfs		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
3	mock	past	she	the fairy	the feast	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fairy=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she refused to wed the king of the dwarfs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wed	mark
4	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dwarfs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarfs	det
9	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 king	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	refuse	past	she						vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not wed	to-infinitive	she not said here	the king of the dwarfs					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient

Option 3

she refused to wed the king of the dwarfs after her father had already signed the deal

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 refused	nsubj
2	refused	refuse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wed	mark
4	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 refused	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wed	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 dwarfs	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dwarfs	det
9	dwarfs	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 king	nmod
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	15 signed	mark
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 signed	nsubj
13	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 signed	aux
14	already	already	ADV	_	15 signed	advmod
15	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 wed	advcl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 deal	det
17	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 signed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	refuse	past	she		vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not wed	to-infinitive	she not said here	the king of the dwarfs	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent king=Patient
3	sign	past · perfect	her father	the deal	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent deal=Destination

Option 4

she turned down the dwarf's proposal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADP	_	2 turned	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dwarf	det
5	dwarf	dwarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 proposal	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 dwarf	case
7	proposal	proposal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn down	past	she	the dwarf's proposal					vn reject-77.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent proposal=Theme
2	propose		the dwarf						nom proposal «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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