Test 5 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…
Wait, the eagle was really a prince all along?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, eagle · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: prince
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 prince | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eagle | det |
| 4 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prince | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 prince | cop |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 8 prince | advmod |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 along | advmod |
| 10 | along | along | ADV | _ | 1 Wait | advmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | along property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the eagle | a prince | 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
Nah, the fairy turned him into a bird, weird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fairy | det |
| 4 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 weird | punct |
| 11 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bird | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the fairy | him = he | into a bird result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result |
Option 2
Nah, the eagle was always an eagle, but the prince sent it to watch over her, mate
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 8 eagle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 eagle | det |
| 4 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eagle | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 eagle | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 eagle | advmod |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 eagle | det |
| 8 | eagle | eagle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 sent | punct |
| 10 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 13 sent | cc |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 prince | det |
| 12 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 sent | nsubj |
| 13 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 eagle | parataxis |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 sent | obj |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 watch | mark |
| 16 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 sent | advcl |
| 17 | over | over | ADP | _ | 18 her | case |
| 18 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 watch | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 mate | punct |
| 20 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eagle | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the eagle | a eagle | mate vocative; always property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | send | past | the prince | eagle | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | watch | to-infinitive | the prince not said here | over her = she | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent over she=Location |
Option 3
Yeah, the King turned him into a bird, sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sick | punct |
| 11 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bird | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the King | him = he | into a bird result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, the enchanter turned him into a bird, sick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 turned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 enchanter | det |
| 4 | enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 turned | obj |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 9 bird | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 sick | punct |
| 11 | sick | sick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bird | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | the enchanter | him = he | into a bird result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent he=Theme into bird=Result |
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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