Test 8 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

Did the Princess just sit down and nap in the middle of nowhere?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: sit down, nap · To what, where: middle

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sit	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princess	det
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sit	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sit	advmod
5	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 sit	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 nap	cc
8	nap	nap	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sit	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 middle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 middle	det
11	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 nap	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 nowhere	case
13	nowhere	nowhere	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 middle	nmod
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	past · do-support	the Princess						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	nap	present	the Princess not said here			the middle			vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she was knackered and conked out under a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 knackered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 knackered	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 knackered	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 knackered	aux:pass
5	knackered	knacker	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 conked	cc
7	conked	conk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 knackered	conj
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 conked	compound:prt
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 conked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knacker	past · passive		she					tree rules
2	conk out	participle				a tree			vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location

Option 2

Nah, she ran off to find her sheep and got lost in the hills near the river bank

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 ran	compound:prt
6	to	to	PART	_	7 find	mark
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ran	advcl
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 sheep	nmod:poss
9	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 find	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 lost	cc
11	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 lost	aux:pass
12	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 ran	conj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 hills	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 hills	det
15	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 lost	obl
16	near	near	ADP	_	19 bank	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bank	det
18	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 bank	compound
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run off	past	she				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	find	to-infinitive	she not said here	her sheep			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sheep=Topic
3	lose	past · passive	she not said here		the hills	near the river bank	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: in hill=Eventuality

Option 3

Nah, she went straight to the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 castle	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	she			the castle		straight property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to castle=Initial_Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she was exhausted after the long walk and fell asleep in the shade of a great old oak

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 exhausted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 exhausted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 exhausted	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exhausted	aux:pass
5	exhausted	exhaust	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	9 walk	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 walk	det
8	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 walk	amod
9	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 exhausted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 fell	cc
11	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 exhausted	conj
12	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 fell	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 shade	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 shade	det
15	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 fell	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	20 oak	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 oak	det
18	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 oak	amod
19	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 oak	amod
20	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shade	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	exhaust	past · passive	she		after the long walk		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer
2	fall	past		the shade of a great old oak		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in shade=Location
3	shade		a great old oak				nom shade «state transitive»: of=patient

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