Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his frien…
Ayy, why did the poultry woman come in, anyway?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ayy · What happens: come in
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1551 «Fairy Tales (pg540), Drakestail: a duck calls on his friends to get back what the King owes him» 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 | Ayy | Ayy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 come | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Ayy | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 come | advmod |
| 4 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 come | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 6 | poultry | poultry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 woman | compound |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 come | nsubj |
| 8 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 anyway | punct |
| 11 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 8 come | advmod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 come | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come in | past · do-support | Ayy | anyway property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
To tell the King about the big fight outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 tell | mark |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tell | obj |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 8 fight | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 fight | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fight | amod |
| 8 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 tell | obl |
| 9 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 2 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | the King | about the big fight; outside property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent king=Recipient about fight=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To tell the King what happened in the yard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 tell | mark |
| 2 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 tell | obj |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 happened | nsubj |
| 6 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 tell | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 yard | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 yard | det |
| 9 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 happened | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | to-infinitive | the King | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP what S»: agent=Agent king=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | happen | past | in the yard | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in yard=Location |
Option 3
To bring news of the yard fight and ask the King for more ministers to help
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 bring | mark |
| 2 | bring | bring | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | news | news | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bring | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 yard | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 yard | det |
| 6 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 news | nmod |
| 7 | fight | fight | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 bring | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 ask | cc |
| 9 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 bring | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 King | det |
| 11 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 ask | obj |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 ministers | case |
| 13 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 14 ministers | amod |
| 14 | ministers | minister | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 ask | obl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 help | mark |
| 16 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 ask | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | to-infinitive | news of the yard | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent news=Theme | |||||
| 2 | fight | infinitive | vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | the King | for more ministers | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | help | to-infinitive | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
To run in and tell the King everything that happened in the yard, proper quick
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 run | mark |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 2 run | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 tell | cc |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 run | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 everything | det |
| 7 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 8 everything | compound |
| 8 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 tell | obj |
| 9 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 happened | nsubj |
| 10 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 everything | acl:relcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 yard | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 yard | det |
| 13 | yard | yard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 happened | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 quick | punct |
| 15 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 quick | amod |
| 16 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 tell | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | to-infinitive | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | everything | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everything=Recipient | |||||
| 3 | happen | past | in the yard | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in yard=Location |
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