Test 9 · ★ · pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treas…

which colour did the eldest princess wear, the green one

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: colour · What happens: do · To what, where: eldest princess wear

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1463 «pg503, Whittington and His Cat: Whittington gets his treasure, marries Alice and becomes Lord Mayor» 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	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 colour	det
2	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	nsubj
3	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wear	det
5	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	7 wear	amod
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wear	compound
7	wear	wear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 one	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 one	det
10	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 one	amod
11	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wear	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	which colour	the eldest princess wear					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wear=Eventuality

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

nah, she wore white, cause green was for the cook's daughter only

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wore	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wore	nsubj
4	wore	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wore	xcomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 daughter	punct
7	cause	cause	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 green	amod
8	green	green	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 daughter	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 daughter	cop
10	for	for	ADP	_	14 daughter	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cook	det
12	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 daughter	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 cook	case
14	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wore	conj
15	only	only	ADV	_	14 daughter	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	past	she					white property	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	cause green					for the cook's daughter	tree rules

Option 2

yeah, blue, cause she was sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 blue	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 blue	punct
3	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sad	punct
5	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	8 sad	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sad	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sad	cop
8	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 blue	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					sad property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, green, cause she was hopeful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 green	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 green	punct
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hopeful	punct
5	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	8 hopeful	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hopeful	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 hopeful	cop
8	hopeful	hopeful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 green	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					hopeful property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, green, cause it meant joy and hope for dad coming home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 green	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 green	punct
3	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 meant	punct
5	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	7 meant	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 meant	nsubj
7	meant	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 green	parataxis
8	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meant	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hope	cc
10	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 joy	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 dad	case
12	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 meant	obl
13	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 dad	acl
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 coming	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	past	it	joy and hope				for dad	vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Pivot joy=Theme for dad=Attribute
2	come	gerund	dad not said here					home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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