Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked n…

Lol, what did the peacocks do when they saw the fake bride?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peacocks · What happens: do, see · To what, where: fake bride

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1526 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 23: the wicked nurse plans to swap her daughter for the Princess» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 peacocks	det
6	peacocks	peacock	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bride	det
12	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 bride	amod
13	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the peacocks		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	see	past	peacocks = peacock	the fake bride	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bride=Stimulus

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

they bowed and sang her praise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 bowed	nsubj
2	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sang	cc
4	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 bowed	conj
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 praise	nmod:poss
6	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	bow	past	they		vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	past	they not said here	her praise	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location praise=Theme
3	praise		her = she		nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!" and flew away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 ugly	punct
4	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	7 ugly	discourse
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Oh	punct
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ugly	advmod
7	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	ccomp
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 is	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ugly	cop
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 ugly	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 ugly	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flew	cc
13	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
14	away	away	ADV	_	13 flew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	they		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present		ugly property	tree rules
3	fly away	past	they not said here	away property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

they screamed and fled away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 screamed	nsubj
2	screamed	scream	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 fled	cc
4	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 screamed	conj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 fled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	flee away	past	they not said here					away property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they cried "Oh! how ugly she is!"

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 ugly	punct
4	Oh	oh	INTJ	_	7 ugly	discourse
5	!	!	PUNCT	_	4 Oh	punct
6	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ugly	advmod
7	ugly	ugly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	ccomp
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 is	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ugly	cop
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	7 ugly	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	they						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is in a quote	present						ugly property	tree rules

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