Test 8 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog beco…

Why did the two sisters not fancy marrying him at first?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: do, marry · To what, where: two sisters, him

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1480 «The Blue Fairy Book, Blue Beard, part 1: a hungry dog becomes a dove, and Blue Beard leaves his wife the keys» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sisters	det
4	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sisters	nummod
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 did	obj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 fancy	advmod
7	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 did	advcl
8	marrying	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 did	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marrying	obj
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 first	case
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 marrying	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the two sisters					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sister=Eventuality
2	marry	gerund		him = he					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

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

His beard and the wives he'd already had put them off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 beard	nmod:poss
2	beard	beard	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 put	dislocated
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wives	cc
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wives	det
5	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 beard	conj
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	nsubj
7	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 put	aux
8	already	already	ADV	_	10 put	advmod
9	had	have	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 put	aux
10	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	obj
12	off	off	ADP	_	10 put	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put off	past · perfect	he	wives = wife				His beard and the wives dislocated	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent they=Goal

Option 2

His coach was a bit scruffy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 coach	nmod:poss
2	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scruffy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scruffy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scruffy	obl:unmarked
6	scruffy	scruffy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His coach					a bit obl:unmarked; scruffy property	tree rules

Option 3

His house was too small for a party

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 house	nmod:poss
2	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 party	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 party	det
8	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	His house					for a party; small property	tree rules

Option 4

He ate with a fork, which was weird

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ate	nsubj
2	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	5 fork	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fork	det
5	fork	fork	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ate	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 weird	punct
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 weird	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 weird	cop
9	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 fork	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	past	He					with a fork	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	a fork					weird property	tree rules

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