Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfarona…
Wait, why did the Queen get mad at the nurse?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Queen · What happens: wait, get
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1509 «Fairy Tales, Princess Mayblossom, part 6: greedy Fanfaronade eats all the food and the Princess vanishes» 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 get | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 get | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 get | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Queen | det |
| 6 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 get | nsubj |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 8 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 get | xcomp |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 nurse | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 nurse | det |
| 11 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mad | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | 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 | get | past · do-support | the Queen | mad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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
She confessed that she had helped the Princess escape through the window and down the tower
The tree, 16 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 | 2 confessed | nsubj |
| 2 | confessed | confess | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 helped | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 helped | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 helped | aux |
| 6 | helped | help | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 confessed | ccomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 escape | det |
| 8 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 escape | compound |
| 9 | escape | escape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helped | obj |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 window | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 window | det |
| 12 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helped | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 tower | cc |
| 14 | down | down | ADP | _ | 16 tower | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tower | det |
| 16 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 window | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | confess | past | She | vn confess-37.10 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | help | past · perfect | she | the Princess escape | the window and the tower | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent escape=Beneficiary |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
She told about the needle-hole
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 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 hole | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 hole | det |
| 5 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hole | compound |
| 6 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 needle | punct |
| 7 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 told | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | She | about the needle hole | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about hole=Topic |
Option 3
She stole the royal crown jewels
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 stole | nsubj |
| 2 | stole | steal | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 jewels | det |
| 4 | royal | royal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 jewels | amod |
| 5 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jewels | compound |
| 6 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stole | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past | She | the royal crown jewels | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location jewel=Theme |
Option 4
She told the Queen the Ambassador had climbed through the needle-hole
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 told | nsubj |
| 2 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 told | iobj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Ambassador | det |
| 6 | Ambassador | Ambassador | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 climbed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 climbed | aux |
| 8 | climbed | climb | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 told | ccomp |
| 9 | through | through | ADP | _ | 13 hole | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 hole | det |
| 11 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 hole | compound |
| 12 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 11 needle | punct |
| 13 | hole | hole | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 climbed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | past | She | the Queen | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent queen=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | climb | past · perfect · passive | the Ambassador | the needle hole | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
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