Test 1 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

Yo, was Cabbage-Stalk really getting lame-shamed by the King, or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Stalk · What happens: get, shame

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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	Yo	yo	INTJ	_	8 getting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yo	punct
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 getting	aux
4	Cabbage	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	vocative
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 Cabbage	punct
6	Stalk	Stalk	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 getting	nsubj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 getting	advmod
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	lame	lame	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 getting	xcomp
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 lame	punct
11	shamed	shame	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 getting	xcomp
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 King	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 King	det
14	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 shamed	obl:agent
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 what	punct
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 what	cc
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 getting	parataxis
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 getting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · progressive	Stalk					Cabbage vocative; lame property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	shame	participle	Stalk not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

Nah mate, he was just being a bit dramatic about the whole gate thing really

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	10 dramatic	discourse
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nah	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dramatic	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dramatic	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	10 dramatic	advmod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 dramatic	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bit	det
9	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dramatic	obl:unmarked
10	dramatic	dramatic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
11	about	about	ADP	_	15 thing	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 thing	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thing	amod
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 thing	compound
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dramatic	obl
16	really	really	ADV	_	15 thing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					about the whole gate thing; a bit obl:unmarked; dramatic property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah mate, he was properly furious and locked her up in the tower for ages

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 furious	discourse
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yeah	vocative
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 furious	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 furious	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 furious	cop
6	properly	properly	ADV	_	7 furious	advmod
7	furious	furious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 locked	cc
9	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 furious	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 locked	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 locked	compound:prt
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 tower	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 tower	det
14	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locked	obl
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 ages	case
16	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					furious, properly property	tree rules
2	lock up	past	he not said here	her = she		the tower	for ages		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3

Nah, he was just really chill mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 mate	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 mate	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mate	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 chill	advmod
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 chill	advmod
7	chill	chill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mate	amod
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	chill mate					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, mate, he was proper sus about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 sus	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mate	punct
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Yeah	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sus	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sus	cop
7	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 sus	amod
8	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sus	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	proper sus				about her = she	tree rules

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