Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…
Was the Prince chuffed when she said no?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince, she · What happens: be, say · To what, where: no · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Prince | det |
| 3 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 chuffed | nsubj |
| 4 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 said | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 said | nsubj |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | advcl |
| 8 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 said | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the Prince | chuff property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she | no | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent no=Topic |
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
Yeah, he was chuffed, grinned and danced
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 chuffed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 chuffed | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 chuffed | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 5 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 grinned | punct |
| 7 | grinned | grin | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 chuffed | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 danced | cc |
| 9 | danced | dance | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 chuffed | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | past · passive | he | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grin | participle | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | dance | participle | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, he was mad, sat under a tree and bawled like a baby for ages after
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 mad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mad | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mad | cop |
| 5 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| 7 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mad | advcl |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 tree | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tree | det |
| 10 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bawled | cc |
| 12 | bawled | bawl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 sat | conj |
| 13 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 baby | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 baby | det |
| 15 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bawled | obl:agent |
| 16 | for | for | ADP | _ | 17 ages | case |
| 17 | ages | age | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sat | obl |
| 18 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 sat | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | mad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit after | past | he not said here | a tree | for ages | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | |||
| 3 | bawl speech: other | participle | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nah, he was mad, sat under a tree and bawled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 mad | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 mad | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mad | cop |
| 5 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sat | punct |
| 7 | sat | sit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 mad | advcl |
| 8 | under | under | ADP | _ | 10 tree | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 tree | det |
| 10 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sat | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bawled | cc |
| 12 | bawled | bawl | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 mad | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | mad property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit | past | he not said here | a tree | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location | ||||
| 3 | bawl speech: other | participle | he not said here | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nah, he was cross, stomped off and sulked
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 cross | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 cross | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 cross | cop |
| 5 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stomped | punct |
| 7 | stomped | stomp | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 cross | conj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 stomped | compound:prt |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sulked | cc |
| 10 | sulked | sulk | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 cross | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | cross property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stomp off | participle | he not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | sulk | participle | he not said here | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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