Test 7 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

So what's the box for, anyway?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: box

This is test 7 · ★ 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	_	5 box	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 box	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 box	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 box	det
5	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	5 box	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 for	punct
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	6 for	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 box	punct

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

It holds a spell to make her pretty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 holds	nsubj
2	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 spell	det
4	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 holds	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 make	mark
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 holds	advcl
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	obj
8	pretty	pretty	ADV	_	6 make	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	It	a spell					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spell=Theme
2	make	to-infinitive		her = she				pretty property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product

Option 2

The eagle grabs it and flies off, and then the enchanter turns into stone at last

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 grabs	nsubj
3	grabs	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 grabs	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 flies	cc
6	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grabs	conj
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 flies	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 turns	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 turns	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 turns	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 enchanter	det
12	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turns	nsubj
13	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 grabs	conj
14	into	into	ADP	_	15 stone	case
15	stone	stone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 turns	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 last	case
17	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	present	the eagle	it				vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	fly off	present	the eagle not said here					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn	present	the enchanter		stone	then	at last	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme into stone=Source at last=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The eagle gets it, and the prince gets his shape back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gets	nsubj
3	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gets	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gets	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 gets	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 prince	det
8	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gets	nsubj
9	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gets	conj
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 shape	nmod:poss
11	shape	shape	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gets	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	9 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	the eagle	it					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	get back	present	the prince	prince's shape					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shape=Stimulus

Option 4

It opens a door to the old castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 opens	nsubj
2	opens	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 door	det
4	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opens	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 castle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
7	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 castle	amod
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 opens	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	present	It	a door	the old castle				vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent door=Patient to castle=Recipient

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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