Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…
Did she throw away the old shoes or what? Coz she's got new ones now, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: throw away, get · To what, where: old shoes, new ones
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1529 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess struggles across deserts and mountains to the Sun's palace» 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
Sentence 1: Did she throw away the old shoes or what?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 throw | aux |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 throw | nsubj |
| 3 | throw | throw | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | away | away | ADP | _ | 3 throw | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 shoes | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 shoes | amod |
| 7 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 throw | obj |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 what | cc |
| 9 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 shoes | conj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 throw | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw away | past · do-support | she | the old shoes | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: Coz she's got new ones now, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Coz | because | SCONJ | _ | 4 got | mark |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 got | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | aux |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ones | amod |
| 6 | ones | one | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 got | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | she | new ones | now | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer one=Stimulus |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she threw one worn pair away and kept the new iron shoes on for the rest of the trip
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 threw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 threw | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 threw | nsubj |
| 4 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pair | nummod |
| 6 | worn | worn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pair | amod |
| 7 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 threw | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 kept | cc |
| 10 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 threw | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 shoes | det |
| 12 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 shoes | amod |
| 13 | iron | iron | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 shoes | compound |
| 14 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 kept | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 threw | compound:prt |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 18 rest | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 rest | det |
| 18 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | obl |
| 19 | of | of | ADP | _ | 21 trip | case |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 trip | det |
| 21 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 rest | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw on | past | she | one worn pair | for the rest of the trip; away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme | |||
| 2 | keep | past | she not said here | the new iron shoes | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, she dropped one old pair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 dropped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 dropped | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dropped | nsubj |
| 4 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pair | nummod |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pair | amod |
| 7 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dropped | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | she | one old pair | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she threw one worn pair away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 threw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 threw | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 threw | nsubj |
| 4 | threw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pair | nummod |
| 6 | worn | worn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pair | amod |
| 7 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 threw | obj |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 threw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | past | she | one worn pair | away property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, she chucked one worn pair
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chucked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chucked | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chucked | nsubj |
| 4 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 pair | nummod |
| 6 | worn | worn | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 pair | amod |
| 7 | pair | pair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chucked | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuck | past | she | one worn pair | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pair=Theme |
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