Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg503), Prince Darling, part 66: a cursed pri…
Did the courtiers get away with their plans, or what?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: courtiers · What happens: get away, plan
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 courtiers | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 courtiers | det |
| 3 | courtiers | courtier | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 plans | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 plans | nmod:poss |
| 8 | plans | plan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 get | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 what | punct |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 what | cc |
| 11 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 get | obj |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get away | present | the courtiers | with courtiers's plans; away property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | plan | courtiers = courtier | nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=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 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, the people chopped their heads off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 chopped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 people | det |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chopped | nsubj |
| 5 | chopped | chop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heads | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chopped | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADV | _ | 5 chopped | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chop off | past | the people | people's heads | off property | vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Patient |
Option 2
Nah, the king just exiled them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 exiled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 king | det |
| 4 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 exiled | nsubj |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 exiled | advmod |
| 6 | exiled | exile | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 exiled | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | exile | past | the king | them = they | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, they fled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 fled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fled | nsubj |
| 4 | fled | flee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flee | past | they | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, they escaped to the north
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 escaped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 escaped | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 escaped | nsubj |
| 4 | escaped | escape | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 north | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 north | det |
| 7 | north | north | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 escaped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | escape | past | they | the north | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to north=Initial_Location |
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