Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Turkey-maiden, part 36: the Fairy s…

So the Queen was buzzin' about the new dress, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: be · To what, where: buzzin

This is test 9 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 buzzin	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 buzzin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 buzzin	cop
5	buzzin	buzzin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 buzzin	punct
7	about	about	ADP	_	10 dress	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 dress	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 dress	amod
10	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buzzin	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 buzzin	punct
12	right	right	INTJ	_	5 buzzin	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 buzzin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the Queen	buzzin				about the new dress	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

Nah, she was more worried about Delicia and her turkeys than the new dress really

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 worried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 worried	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 worried	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 worried	advmod
6	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 Delicia	case
8	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 worried	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 turkeys	cc
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 turkeys	nmod:poss
11	turkeys	turkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 Delicia	conj
12	than	than	ADP	_	15 dress	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 dress	det
14	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 dress	amod
15	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worried	obl
16	really	really	ADV	_	15 dress	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					about Delicia and her turkeys; than the new dress; worried property	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, she was more fussed about the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 fussed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 fussed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 fussed	aux:pass
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 fussed	nsubj:pass
6	fussed	fuss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 King	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 fussed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fuss	past · passive		she				about the King	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, she was more worried about Delicia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 worried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 worried	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 worried	cop
5	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 worried	advmod
6	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	ADP	_	8 Delicia	case
8	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 worried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					about Delicia; worried property	tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, she was buzzin' about the dress, but she was more worried about Delicia too

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 buzzin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 buzzin	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 buzzin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 buzzin	aux
5	buzzin	buzzin	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	'	'	PUNCT	_	5 buzzin	punct
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 dress	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dress	det
9	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buzzin	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 worried	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	15 worried	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 worried	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 worried	cop
14	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	15 worried	advmod
15	worried	worried	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 buzzin	parataxis
16	about	about	ADP	_	17 Delicia	case
17	Delicia	Delicia	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 worried	obl
18	too	too	ADV	_	15 worried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzzin	past · progressive	she					about the dress	tree rules
2	is	past	she					about Delicia; worried property	tree rules

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