Test 7 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa…
Mate, why was the Queen so mad at her?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: be
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1543 «Blue Fairy Book, Graciosa and Percinet, part 40: Graciosa tricks the Queen with the thread, then faces a barrel of mixed-up feathers» 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 | Mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 mad | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 mad | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 mad | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 mad | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Queen | det |
| 6 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 mad | nsubj |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 mad | advmod |
| 8 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 9 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 her | case |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 mad | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 mad | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | Mate | at her = she; mad 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
Graciosa was the real princess and the Queen knew it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graciosa | Graciosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 princess | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 princess | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 princess | amod |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 knew | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 Queen | det |
| 8 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 knew | nsubj |
| 9 | knew | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 princess | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 knew | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Graciosa | the real princess | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | know | past | the Queen | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Graciosa was the real princess
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graciosa | Graciosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 princess | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 princess | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 princess | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 princess | amod |
| 5 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | Graciosa | the real princess | tree rules |
Option 3
Graciosa had stolen her crown
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Graciosa | Graciosa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stolen | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stolen | aux |
| 3 | stolen | steal | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 crown | nmod:poss |
| 5 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stolen | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | steal | past · perfect · passive | Graciosa | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary crown=Theme | |||||
| 2 | crown | Graciosa | nom crown «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
The Queen hated her new maid
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 hated | nsubj |
| 3 | hated | hate | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 maid | nmod:poss |
| 5 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 maid | amod |
| 6 | maid | maid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hated | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hate | past | the Queen | Queen's new maid | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer maid=Stimulus |
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