Test 9 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Twelve Dancing Princesses, part 1: Mic…
and he has to rake them and water them with a golden bucket?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: have, rake · To what, where: them
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 has | cc |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 has | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 rake | mark |
| 5 | rake | rake | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 has | xcomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rake | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 water | cc |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rake | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rake | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 bucket | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 bucket | det |
| 12 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 bucket | amod |
| 13 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 rake | obl |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | rake | to-infinitive | he not said here | them = they | with a golden bucket | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent they=Theme they=Destination |
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
yep, and he also has to sing to them and polish the golden rake every single morning
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 has | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 has | cc |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 has | nsubj |
| 5 | also | also | ADV | _ | 6 has | advmod |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 sing | mark |
| 8 | sing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 has | xcomp |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 them | case |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 sing | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 polish | cc |
| 12 | polish | polish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 sing | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 rake | det |
| 14 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 rake | amod |
| 15 | rake | rake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 polish | obj |
| 16 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 morning | det |
| 17 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 18 morning | amod |
| 18 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 polish | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | to-infinitive | he not said here | them = they | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | polish | infinitive | he not said here | the golden rake | morning | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent rake=Destination |
Option 2
yep, and then he sings to them a bit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 6 sings | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 sings | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 sings | cc |
| 4 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 sings | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sings | nsubj |
| 6 | sings | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 them | case |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sings | obl |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 bit | det |
| 10 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sings | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sing speech: express | present | he | a bit | them = they | then | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to they=Recipient |
Option 3
yeah he also feeds them with milk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 feeds | discourse |
| 2 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feeds | nsubj |
| 3 | also | also | ADV | _ | 4 feeds | advmod |
| 4 | feeds | feed | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 feeds | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 milk | case |
| 7 | milk | milk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 feeds | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feed | present | he | them = they | with milk | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
yep, and wipe them with a silk towel too, lol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yep | yep | INTJ | _ | 4 wipe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wipe | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wipe | cc |
| 4 | wipe | wipe | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wipe | obj |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 towel | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 towel | det |
| 8 | silk | silk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 towel | compound |
| 9 | towel | towel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wipe | obl |
| 10 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 wipe | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wipe | punct |
| 12 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 4 wipe | discourse |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wipe | imperative | you not said here | them = they | with a silk towel | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent they=Source |
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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