Test 11 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

Was the King a bit of a grump about her then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: King

This is test 11 · ★ 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 King	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod:poss
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bit	det
5	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 grump	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 grump	det
8	grump	grump	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bit	nmod
9	about	about	ADP	_	10 her	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 grump	conj
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 bit	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the King					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

Yeah, he was really angry and shut her in the tower until she agreed to marry anyone

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 angry	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 angry	advmod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 shut	cc
8	shut	shut	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 angry	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shut	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 tower	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 tower	det
12	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shut	obl
13	until	until	SCONJ	_	15 agreed	mark
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 agreed	nsubj
15	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	advcl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 marry	mark
17	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 agreed	xcomp
18	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 marry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			angry property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here	her = she	the tower		tree rules
3	agree speech: agree	past	she				vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	marry not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	anyone			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he was just a bit tired, told her to go to bed early and forget the whole thing

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 tired	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 tired	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tired	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	8 tired	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bit	det
7	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tired	obl:unmarked
8	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 tired	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	iobj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 go	mark
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 told	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 bed	case
15	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
16	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 go	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 forget	cc
18	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 go	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 thing	det
20	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 thing	amod
21	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				a bit obl:unmarked; tired property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		her = she			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	go not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here			bed	early property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bed=Initial_Location
4	forget	infinitive	he not said here	the whole thing				tree rules

Option 3

Nah, he was dead happy, gave her a crown

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 happy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 happy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	cop
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 happy	amod
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 gave	punct
8	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 happy	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 gave	iobj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crown	det
11	crown	crown	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					happy property	tree rules
2	give	past	he not said here	a crown	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient crown=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he was proper cross, told her to stay put

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 cross	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cross	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	cop
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cross	amod
6	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 told	nsubj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cross	punct
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	iobj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 stay	mark
11	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 told	xcomp
12	put	put	PUNCT	_	8 told	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	past	he	proper cross		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	proper cross		her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic
3	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	proper cross not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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