Test 13 · ★ · Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell da…

Did the Queen's ring end up in her porridge or nah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: ring · What happens: do, end up · To what, where: porridge

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1524 «Lang Fairy Book, Rosette, part 21: the fairies foretell danger for Rosette» 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	Did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 ring	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Queen	case
5	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	nsubj
6	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Did	parataxis
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 end	compound:prt
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 porridge	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 porridge	nmod:poss
10	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 end	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 nah	cc
12	nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 porridge	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end up	present	the Queen's ring					in her porridge result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in porridge=Result

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

Nah, it's in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 river	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 river	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 river	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 river	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 river	det
7	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it			the river			tree rules

Option 2

Nah, the King had it in his coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 coat	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 coat	nmod:poss
9	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the King	it		King's coat			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, the King had it in his purse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 had	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 purse	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 purse	nmod:poss
9	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the King	it		King's purse			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4

Yeah, it ended up in her porridge, and the King choked on it

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ended	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ended	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ended	nsubj
4	ended	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 ended	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 porridge	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 porridge	nmod:poss
8	porridge	porridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ended	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 choked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 choked	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 choked	nsubj
13	choked	choke	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ended	conj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 it	case
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 choked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	end up	past	it					in her porridge result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in porridge=Result
2	choke	past	the King			porridge			vn die-42.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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