Test 11 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…

wait, why was Rosette crying out at sea?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, cry out · To what, where: sea

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 crying	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 crying	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 crying	aux
5	Rosette	rosette	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crying	compound
6	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 crying	compound:prt
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 sea	case
9	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crying	obl
10	?	?	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	cry out speech: express	past · progressive	you not said here			sea			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sea=Location

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

a storm had swept her off the deck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 storm	det
2	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swept	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swept	aux
4	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swept	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 deck	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 deck	det
8	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past · perfect	a storm	her = she		the deck			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme off deck=Trajectory

Option 2

the King had pushed her overboard for spite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 King	det
2	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pushed	aux
4	pushed	push	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 overboard	nmod:poss
6	overboard	overboard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 spite	case
8	spite	spite	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past · perfect	the King	her overboard				for spite	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent overboard=Theme

Option 3

she had been thrown in by the King's guards during the storm

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	4 thrown	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thrown	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 thrown	aux:pass
4	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	4 thrown	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	10 guards	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 King	det
8	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 guards	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 King	case
10	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 thrown	obl
11	during	during	ADP	_	13 storm	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 storm	det
13	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw in	past · perfect · passive	the King's guards	she			during the storm		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she thought the King had her thrown in

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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 thrown	nsubj:pass
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 thrown	aux
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 thrown	nmod:poss
7	thrown	throw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	7 thrown	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	she						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	throw	past · perfect · passive		the King					vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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