Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…
Why did the Queen get all teary, mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: be
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1539 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy saves the Queen and finds Delicia as a turkey-maiden» 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 teary | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 teary | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 teary | nsubj |
| 5 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 teary | cop |
| 6 | all | all | ADV | _ | 7 teary | advmod |
| 7 | teary | teary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 mate | punct |
| 9 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 teary | vocative |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 teary | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past · do-support | the Queen | mate vocative; all, teary 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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She got sad 'cos Delicia was a farm girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | ' | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 sad | punct |
| 5 | cos | cos | SCONJ | _ | 10 girl | mark |
| 6 | Delicia | Delicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 girl | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 girl | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 9 | farm | farm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 girl | compound |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | sad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | Delicia | a farm girl | tree rules |
Option 2
She got all teary over Delicia being a turkey-maiden, poor thing, living in the yard
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | all | all | ADV | _ | 4 teary | advmod |
| 4 | teary | teary | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 14 thing | case |
| 6 | Delicia | Delicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 thing | nsubj |
| 7 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 14 thing | cop |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 thing | det |
| 9 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 maiden | compound |
| 10 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 turkey | punct |
| 11 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 thing | amod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 thing | punct |
| 13 | poor | poor | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 thing | amod |
| 14 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 teary | obl |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 living | punct |
| 16 | living | live | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 got | advcl |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 yard | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 yard | det |
| 19 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 living | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | teary property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | Delicia | a maiden poor thing | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | live | gerund | She not said here | in the yard | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in yard=Location |
Option 3
She got sad over Delicia being a turkey-maiden stuck in the poultry-yard all those years
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 Delicia | case |
| 5 | Delicia | Delicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 16 yard | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 yard | det |
| 8 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 maiden | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 turkey | punct |
| 10 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 yard | amod |
| 11 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 yard | amod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 yard | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 yard | det |
| 14 | poultry | poultry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 yard | compound |
| 15 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 14 poultry | punct |
| 16 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 got | obl |
| 17 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 19 years | det:predet |
| 18 | those | that | DET | Number=Plur PronType=Dem | 19 years | det |
| 19 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 yard | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | Delicia | sad property | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme over delicia=Destination | |||
| 2 | is | gerund | in a maiden stuck poultry yard and all years | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She got sad over Delicia being a turkey-maiden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 got | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sad | sad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| 4 | over | over | ADP | _ | 5 Delicia | case |
| 5 | Delicia | Delicia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 maiden | obl |
| 6 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 maiden | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 maiden | det |
| 8 | turkey | turkey | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 maiden | compound |
| 9 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 turkey | punct |
| 10 | maiden | maiden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 got | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | She | sad property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | gerund | She not said here | Delicia | maiden property | tree rules |
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