Test 1 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies…

yo, what did the Queen even say when Carabosse turned up?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen, Carabosse · What happens: say, turn up · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1507 «Yellow Fairy Book, Mayblossom, part 4: the Princess spies Fanfaronade through a peep-hole and falls for him» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	8 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 turned	advmod
10	Carabosse	Carabosse	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 turned	nsubj
11	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	advcl
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 turned	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the Queen						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
2	turn up	past	Carabosse						vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

she cried a bit

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she	a bit					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

she went "all is lost", proper gutted

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 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 lost	punct
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 lost	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	parataxis
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 lost	punct
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 gutted	punct
9	proper	properly	ADV	_	10 gutted	advmod
10	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	past	she			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose in a quote	present · passive		all		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	gut	participle	she not said here		properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

she said the kid was cursed, dude

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kid	det
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cursed	aux:pass
6	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 said	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dude	punct
8	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cursed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	curse	past · passive		the kid				dude obl	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

she was like, all done, no hope

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	6 done	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 done	aux:pass
3	like	like	INTJ	_	6 done	discourse
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 done	punct
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 done	advmod
6	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 hope	punct
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 hope	det
9	hope	hope	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · passive		she				no hope obl; all property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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