Test 10 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…

wait so when they're as tall as a fifteen year old he says a spell thing?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, they, he · What happens: wait, be, say · To what, where: spell thing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1504 «Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Michael the Star Gazer finds two magic laurels» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
3	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 tall	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tall	nsubj
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tall	cop
6	as	as	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
8	as	as	ADP	_	12 old	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 year	det
10	fifteen	fifteen	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 year	nummod
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 old	obl:unmarked
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 says	obl
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 says	nsubj
14	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tall	advcl
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 thing	compound
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 says	obj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	they		tall property	tree rules
3	say speech: assert	present	he	a spell thing	as old	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent thing=Topic

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

yeah, then he can ask for whatever he wants, but he has to say it three times first

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ask	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ask	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ask	aux
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 whatever	case
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ask	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wants	nsubj
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whatever	acl:relcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 has	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 has	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 has	nsubj
14	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 ask	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 say	mark
16	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 has	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 say	obj
18	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	19 times	nummod
19	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 say	obl:unmarked
20	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	can	he		then	for whatever	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	he				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
3	have	present	he				tree rules
4	say speech: assert	to-infinitive	he not said here	it	time	first property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, then he can ask for whatever he wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 ask	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 ask	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ask	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 ask	aux
6	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 whatever	case
8	whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 ask	obl
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wants	nsubj
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 whatever	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	can	he				then	for whatever	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	he						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3

yeah, then he tells them his big wish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tells	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 tells	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	nsubj
5	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 tells	iobj
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wish	nmod:poss
8	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wish	amod
9	wish	wish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tells	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	he	his big wish	them = they		then		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient wish=Topic
2	wish		his = he						nom wish «feeling intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

yeah, then he gets to pick a princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 gets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 gets	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 pick	mark
7	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 gets	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	he				then		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	pick	to-infinitive	he not said here	a princess					vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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