Test 2 · ★ · Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer

wait, why was the little princess so mad about the cup?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: little princess

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1506 «Red Fairy Book, The Star Gazer» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 princess	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 princess	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 princess	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 princess	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 princess	amod
7	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 mad	advmod
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 princess	amod
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 cup	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cup	det
12	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mad	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	past		the little princess					tree rules

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

cos the cup had a sleeping potion in it and she knew the sisters were plotting ages

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 cup	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cup	det
3	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 potion	det
6	sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 potion	amod
7	potion	potion	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 it	case
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 knew	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knew	nsubj
12	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 had	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 sisters	det
14	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 plotting	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 plotting	aux
16	plotting	plot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 knew	ccomp
17	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 plotting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cos	infinitive				tree rules
2	have	past	the cos cup	a sleeping potion	potion	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potion=Patient
3	sleep	gerund				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	know	past	she			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
5	plot	past · progressive	the sisters	ages		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent age=Theme

Option 2

she thought he'd nick the gold, dunno

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nick	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 nick	aux
5	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 thought	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nick	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dunno	punct
9	dunno	dunno	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	nick	would	he	the gold and dunno					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Patient

Option 3

she didnt want him to get poisoned by the sisters, innit, they were proper evil

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
2	didnt	didnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 evil	parataxis
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 poisoned	mark
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 poisoned	aux:pass
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 want	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 sisters	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sisters	det
10	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 poisoned	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct
12	innit	innit	INTJ	_	3 want	discourse
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 evil	nsubj
15	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 evil	cop
16	proper	properly	ADV	_	17 evil	advmod
17	evil	evil	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	want	present	she	him = he		tree rules
2	poison not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	the sisters			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	past	sisters = sister		evil, properly property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she didnt want him to get poisoned, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	nsubj
2	didnt	didnt	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 want	nsubj
3	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 want	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	7 poisoned	mark
6	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 poisoned	aux:pass
7	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 want	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 want	punct
9	innit	innit	INTJ	_	3 want	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	she	him = he					tree rules
2	poison not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	him = he not said here						vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»

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