Test 13 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…
So was it better for her to stay good than get pretty, do you reckon?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: it, her, you · What happens: be, stay, get, reckon
This is test 13 · ★ 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 better | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 better | nsubj |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 stay | mark |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stay | nsubj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 stay | mark |
| 8 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 better | advcl |
| 9 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 stay | xcomp |
| 10 | than | than | SCONJ | _ | 11 get | mark |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 stay | advcl |
| 12 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 11 get | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 reckon | punct |
| 14 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 reckon | aux |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 reckon | nsubj |
| 16 | reckon | reckon | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 stay | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 better | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | it | good property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | her = she | good property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | infinitive | her = she not said here | pretty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 4 | reckon | present · do-support | you | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she said so herself, goodness over looks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 herself | advmod |
| 6 | herself | herself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 said | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 goodness | punct |
| 8 | goodness | goodness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 9 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 looks | case |
| 10 | looks | look | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 goodness | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | herself = she | goodness over looks obl | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Nah, she wanted to be pretty for the prince, but in the end she chose wisdom over beauty
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 pretty | mark |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 7 pretty | cop |
| 7 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 4 wanted | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 prince | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 prince | det |
| 10 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 chose | punct |
| 12 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 17 chose | cc |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 end | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 end | det |
| 15 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 chose | obl |
| 16 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 chose | nsubj |
| 17 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wanted | conj |
| 18 | wisdom | wisdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 chose | obj |
| 19 | over | over | ADP | _ | 20 beauty | case |
| 20 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 chose | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | for the prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | ||||
| 2 | is not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | pretty property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | choose | past | she | wisdom | in the end | over beauty | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wisdom=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, beauty's better, she said so
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 better | punct |
| 3 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 better | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 beauty | case |
| 5 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Nah | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 said | nsubj |
| 8 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 said | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | beauty | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, she chose pretty, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 chose | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 chose | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 chose | nsubj |
| 4 | chose | choose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | pretty | pretty | ADV | _ | 4 chose | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 mate | punct |
| 7 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chose | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | choose | past | she | mate vocative; pretty property | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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