Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

Where were the maids when they spotted him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maids · What happens: be, spot

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Where	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maids	det
4	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Where	nsubj
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 spotted	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 spotted	nsubj
7	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Where	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Where	nsubj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the maids					where property	tree rules
2	spot	past	maids = maid						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

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

Down in the great kitchen below, baking bread and singing songs for the King

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Down	down	ADV	_	5 kitchen	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 kitchen	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kitchen	det
4	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kitchen	amod
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	below	below	ADV	_	5 kitchen	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 baking	punct
8	baking	bake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 kitchen	advcl
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 baking	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 singing	cc
11	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 baking	conj
12	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 singing	obj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 King	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 King	det
15	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 singing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bake	gerund		bread					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bread=Product
2	sing speech: express	gerund		songs				for the King	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent song=Theme for king=Beneficiary

Option 2

Up in the high garret, sitting at their wheels spinning flax all day long

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Up	up	ADV	_	5 garret	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 garret	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garret	det
4	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 garret	amod
5	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sitting	punct
7	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 garret	acl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 wheels	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wheels	nmod:poss
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sitting	obl
11	spinning	spin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 sitting	advcl
12	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spinning	obj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	14 day	det
14	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 spinning	obl:unmarked
15	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 spinning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund	the high garret not said here			their wheels			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at wheel=Location
2	spin	gerund	the high garret not said here	flax			day	long property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent flax=Theme

Option 3

Out in the fields picking flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Out	out	ADV	_	4 fields	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 fields	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fields	det
4	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	picking	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fields	acl
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 picking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	gerund	the fields not said here	flowers					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flower=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Up in the garret spinning flax

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Up	up	ADV	_	4 garret	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 garret	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 garret	det
4	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	spinning	spin	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 flax	amod
6	flax	flax	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 garret	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spin	gerund							vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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