Test 10 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trad…
So what's the mission, like a proper quest?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: mission
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1535 «Blue Fairy Book, Jack and the Beanstalk, part 1: Jack trades the cow for magic beans» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 5 mission | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 mission | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 mission | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mission | det |
| 5 | mission | mission | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 quest | punct |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 quest | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 quest | det |
| 9 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 quest | amod |
| 10 | quest | quest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 mission | conj |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 mission | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the mission and a proper quest | 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Go up the beanstalk, grab the golden-egg hen, and take the talking harp too
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Go | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 beanstalk | det |
| 4 | beanstalk | beanstalk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 grab | punct |
| 6 | grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 hen | det |
| 8 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hen | amod |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 golden | punct |
| 10 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hen | compound |
| 11 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 grab | obj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 take | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 take | cc |
| 14 | take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Go | parataxis |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 harp | det |
| 16 | talking | talking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 harp | compound |
| 17 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 take | obj |
| 18 | too | too | ADV | _ | 14 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go up | imperative | you not said here | the beanstalk | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient beanstalk=Extent | ||||
| 2 | grab | infinitive | you not said here | the golden egg hen | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hen=Theme | ||||
| 3 | take | infinitive | the talking harp | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent harp=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Get the golden-egg hen and talking harp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hen | det |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 egg | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 golden | punct |
| 5 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hen | compound |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 talking | cc |
| 8 | talking | talk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Get | conj |
| 9 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 talking | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | the egg hen | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hen=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | talk | gerund | you not said here | harp | vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent harp=Patient |
Option 3
Steal a golden sword and a magic goose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steal | steal | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 sword | det |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sword | amod |
| 4 | sword | sword | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Steal | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 goose | cc |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 goose | det |
| 7 | magic | magic | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 goose | amod |
| 8 | goose | goose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sword | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | imperative | you not said here | a golden sword and a magic goose | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sword=Theme |
Option 4
Get the golden-egg hen and the talking harp back from the giant's castle right away
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hen | det |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 hen | amod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 golden | punct |
| 5 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hen | compound |
| 6 | hen | hen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 harp | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 harp | det |
| 9 | talking | talking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 harp | compound |
| 10 | harp | harp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hen | conj |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 12 | from | from | ADP | _ | 16 castle | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 giant | det |
| 14 | giant | giant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 castle | nmod:poss |
| 15 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 14 giant | case |
| 16 | castle | castle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| 17 | right | right | ADV | _ | 18 away | advmod |
| 18 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | the golden egg hen and the talking harp | the giant's castle | away property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent hen=Theme from castle=Source |
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