Test 4 · ★ · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…

Why's the Queen so gutted at the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: be, gut · To what, where: end

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 gutted	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Queen	det
4	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 gutted	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 gutted	advmod
6	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gutted	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 gutted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						why property	tree rules
2	gut	participle	the Queen				at the end		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

She wanted the lad in her power too

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 power	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 power	nmod:poss
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
8	too	too	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	the lad		her power			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot lad=Theme

Option 2

She wanted the youngest in her power too, and her plan failed badly

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youngest	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 wanted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 power	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 power	nmod:poss
7	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
8	too	too	ADV	_	2 wanted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 failed	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 failed	cc
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 plan	nmod:poss
12	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 failed	nsubj
13	failed	fail	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
14	badly	badly	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 failed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	the youngest	her power		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot young=Theme
2	fail	past	her plan			badly property	vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	plan		her = she				nom plan «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

She wanted the youngest in trouble

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youngest	det
4	youngest	young	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 wanted	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 trouble	case
6	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	She	the youngest		trouble			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot young=Theme

Option 4

Cos she wanted all three of the princes locked up in her power

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 three	det
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 wanted	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 princes	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 princes	det
8	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 three	nmod
9	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 princes	acl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 locked	compound:prt
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 power	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 power	nmod:poss
13	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	all three of the princes					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot three=Theme
2	lock up	participle		the princes not said here		her power			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=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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