Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…
So why did the little monster save the keeper, like?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: little monster · What happens: save · To what, where: keeper
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1479 «Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed prince becomes a monster and then a little dog» 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 | _ | 7 save | advmod |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 save | advmod |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 save | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 monster | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 monster | amod |
| 6 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 save | nsubj |
| 7 | save | save | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 keeper | det |
| 9 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 save | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 like | punct |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 7 save | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 save | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | past · do-support | the little monster | the keeper | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent keeper=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
Cos he felt sorry for the man
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 felt | nsubj |
| 3 | felt | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | sorry | sorry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 felt | xcomp |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 felt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | past | Cos | for the man; sorry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cos he wanted to pay back bad with good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 7 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pay | xcomp |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 good | case |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bad | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Cos | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pay back not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cos not said here | bad property | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Cos he wanted to pay back the keeper's cruelty by showing him what kindness looks like
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 pay | mark |
| 5 | pay | pay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 pay | advmod |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 keeper | det |
| 8 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cruelty | nmod:poss |
| 9 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 keeper | case |
| 10 | cruelty | cruelty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pay | obj |
| 11 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 12 showing | mark |
| 12 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 pay | advcl |
| 13 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 showing | iobj |
| 14 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 16 looks | obj |
| 15 | kindness | kindness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 looks | nsubj |
| 16 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 showing | ccomp |
| 17 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 16 looks | mark |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | Cos | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pay back not said to happen | to-infinitive | Cos not said here | the keeper's cruelty | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cruelty=Asset | ||||
| 3 | show | gerund | Cos not said here | Cos | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 4 | look | present | kindness | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme what=Attribute |
Option 4
Cos he hoped the keeper would reward him with a bigger cage and better food soon
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reward | nsubj |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hoped | nsubj |
| 3 | hoped | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cos | acl:relcl |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 keeper | det |
| 5 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hoped | obj |
| 6 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 reward | aux |
| 7 | reward | reward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reward | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 cage | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cage | det |
| 11 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 cage | amod |
| 12 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 reward | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 food | cc |
| 14 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 15 food | amod |
| 15 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 cage | conj |
| 16 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 reward | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hope | past | Cos | the keeper | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | reward | would | Cos | him = he | with a bigger cage and better food; soon property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient with cage=Theme |
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