Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

Oi, why'd the King wanna hang the Queen, like?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: hang · To what, where: Queen

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Oi	oi	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hang	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hang	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 hang	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 King	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hang	nsubj
7	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	8 hang	dep
8	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Queen	det
10	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 hang	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 like	punct
12	like	like	ADP	_	8 hang	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 hang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	infinitive	Oi	the Queen					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Patient

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

Cos she told him the baby was lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 told	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	nsubj
3	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 told	iobj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lost	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lost	aux:pass
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	lose	past · passive		the baby					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cos she said a fairy nicked the baby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cos	acl:relcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fairy	det
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	obj
6	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Cos	a fairy					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent fairy=Topic
2	nick	past	Cos	the baby					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Cos she said a fairy nicked the baby and he reckoned she was lying to him

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 fairy	det
5	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	nsubj
6	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 baby	det
8	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 nicked	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reckoned	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 reckoned	nsubj
11	reckoned	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 said	conj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lying	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lying	aux
14	lying	lie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 reckoned	ccomp
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lying	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Cos			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	nick	past	a fairy	the baby		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient
3	reckon	past	fairy			vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	lie	past · progressive	Cos		fairy	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Cos she swore a wicked fairy nicked the baby right out of the cradle last night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 swore	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 swore	nsubj
3	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 fairy	det
5	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 fairy	amod
6	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	nsubj
7	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swore	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 baby	det
9	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nicked	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	14 cradle	advmod
11	out	out	ADP	_	14 cradle	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 cradle	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cradle	det
14	cradle	cradle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swore	obl
15	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 night	amod
16	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 swore	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past	she			the cradle	night		vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	nick	past	a wicked fairy	the baby					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent baby=Patient

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