Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Pig King, part 26: the Princess str…

Whose idea was it to go East? Bet it was the Moon's mum telling her where the Sun lives, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: idea, you, mum, Sun · What happens: be, bet, tell, live · To what, where: mum, East · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: Whose idea was it to go East?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whose	whose	PRON	Poss=Yes PronType=Rel	2 idea	nmod:poss
2	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	cop
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 go	nsubj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 go	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	idea					go property	tree rules

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: Bet it was the Moon's mum telling her where the Sun lives, yeah?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bet	bet	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 mum	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 mum	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Moon	det
5	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Moon	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bet	ccomp
8	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 mum	acl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 telling	iobj
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 lives	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Sun	det
12	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 lives	nsubj
13	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 telling	advcl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lives	punct
15	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	13 lives	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	bet	imperative	you not said here			vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	idea	the Moon's mum		tree rules
3	tell speech: assert	gerund	the Moon's mum not said here		East	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
4	live	present	the Sun			vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Yeah, she'd been told by the Moon's mum to go East, far beyond the desert and mountains

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 told	nsubj
4	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 told	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 told	aux:pass
6	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	11 mum	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Moon	det
9	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 mum	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Moon	case
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 told	ccomp
14	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 go	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 desert	punct
16	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 desert	advmod
17	beyond	beyond	ADP	_	19 desert	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 desert	det
19	desert	desert	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	parataxis
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 mountains	cc
21	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 desert	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	the Moon's mum	she					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	go not said to happen	to-infinitive		East					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location east=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, the Sun's mum told her to head North

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Sun	det
4	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mum	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Sun	case
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 head	mark
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	iobj
11	North	North	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 head	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Sun's mum		head				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient head=Topic

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the Moon's mum told her to head East

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mum	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Moon	case
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 East	mark
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 East	compound
11	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Moon's mum		her = she				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the Moon's mum told her to head East towards the Sun's place and she went right away

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Moon	det
4	Moon	Moon	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mum	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Moon	case
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	nsubj
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 told	iobj
9	to	to	PART	_	11 East	mark
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 East	compound
11	East	East	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 told	ccomp
12	towards	towards	ADP	_	16 place	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Sun	det
14	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	16 place	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 Sun	case
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 went	nsubj
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 told	conj
20	right	right	ADV	_	21 away	advmod
21	away	away	ADV	_	19 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the Moon's mum		her = she			towards the Sun's place	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient
2	go	past	mum					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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