Test 12 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…
Proper wild that she's got a steel staff, yeah? Like a sword but for walking.
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: get · To what, where: steel staff
This is test 12 · ★ 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: Proper wild that she's got a steel staff, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 wild | amod |
| 2 | wild | wild | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 got | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 got | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 got | aux |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 wild | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 staff | det |
| 8 | steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 staff | compound |
| 9 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 wild | punct |
| 11 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 2 wild | discourse |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 wild | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present · passive | she | a steel staff | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer staff=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.
Sentence 2: Like a sword but for walking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Like | like | ADP | _ | 3 sword | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sword | det |
| 3 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 walking | cc |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 walking | case |
| 6 | walking | walking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 sword | conj |
| 7 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sword | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
Yeah, it's used for crawling bits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 used | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 used | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 used | aux:pass |
| 5 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 bits | case |
| 7 | crawling | crawling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bits | compound |
| 8 | bits | bit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 used | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present · passive | it | for crawling bits | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: subject=Theme for bit=Eventuality |
Option 2
Yeah, she uses it to walk and crawl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 uses | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 uses | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 uses | nsubj |
| 4 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 uses | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 walk | mark |
| 7 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 uses | advcl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 crawl | cc |
| 9 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 walk | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | present | she | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | walk | to-infinitive | she not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | crawl | infinitive | she not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, the steel staff helps her crawl and walk and even fight off wolves on the way
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 helps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 helps | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 staff | det |
| 4 | steel | steel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 staff | compound |
| 5 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helps | nsubj |
| 6 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 helps | obj |
| 8 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helps | xcomp |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 walk | cc |
| 10 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 crawl | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 fight | cc |
| 12 | even | even | ADV | _ | 13 fight | advmod |
| 13 | fight | fight | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 crawl | conj |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 fight | compound:prt |
| 15 | wolves | wolf | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 fight | obj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 way | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 way | det |
| 18 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fight | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | the steel staff | her = she | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | crawl | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | walk | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | fight off | infinitive | her = she not said here | wolves | the way | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Co-Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the staff helps her crawl and walk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 helps | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 helps | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 staff | det |
| 4 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 helps | nsubj |
| 5 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 helps | obj |
| 7 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 helps | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 walk | cc |
| 9 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 crawl | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | the staff | her = she | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | crawl | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | walk | infinitive | her = she not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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