Test 1 · ★ · tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Prince…

Oi, the Princess just knocks at the Sun's gaff and asks to come in, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: knock, ask, come in

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1530 «tales pg540, The Princess and the Pig, part 27: the Princess climbs a ladder of chicken bones and finds her Pig husband» 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 knocks	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Oi	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 knocks	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 knocks	advmod
6	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	11 gaff	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Sun	det
9	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 gaff	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Sun	case
11	gaff	gaff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 knocks	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 asks	cc
13	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 knocks	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 come	mark
15	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 asks	xcomp
16	in	in	ADV	_	15 come	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 come	punct
18	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	15 come	discourse
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 knocks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	knock	present	Oi	at the Sun's gaff	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent at gaff=Patient
2	ask speech: ask	present	Oi not said here		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come in not said to happen	to-infinitive	Oi not said here		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she begs for admission

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begs	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begs	nsubj
4	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 admission	case
6	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present	she					for admission	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for admission=Topic

Option 2

Nah, she climbs in the window and begs the Sun to let her stay

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 climbs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 climbs	nsubj
4	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 climbs	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 begs	cc
9	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 climbs	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Sun	det
11	Sun	Sun	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 begs	obj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 let	mark
13	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 begs	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 let	obj
15	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	climb	present	she			the window	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in window=Trajectory
2	beg speech: request	present	she not said here		the Sun		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent sun=Recipient
3	let	to-infinitive	she not said here	her = she			tree rules
4	stay	infinitive	her = she not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, she begs for admission and sleeps in the cellar

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begs	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begs	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begs	nsubj
4	begs	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 admission	case
6	admission	admission	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 begs	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 sleeps	cc
8	sleeps	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 begs	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 cellar	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cellar	det
11	cellar	cellar	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sleeps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	present	she					for admission	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for admission=Topic
2	sleep	present	she not said here			the cellar			vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in cellar=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she knocks politely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 knocks	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 knocks	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knocks	nsubj
4	knocks	knock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	politely	politely	ADV	_	4 knocks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	present	she					politely property	vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

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