Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess…

So what's the Golden Branch, then, a magic stick or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: Golden Branch

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» 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	_	6 Branch	advmod
2	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 Branch	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 Branch	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Branch	det
5	Golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 Branch	amod
6	Branch	branch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stick	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 stick	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stick	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 stick	det
11	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stick	amod
12	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 Branch	nmod
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 stick	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 Branch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the Golden Branch				a magic stick nmod	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

Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it in the wood and he never learns what it is

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 sure	case
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tells	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 voice	det
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 tells	advmod
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tells	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 seek	mark
12	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tells	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 seek	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wood	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seek	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 learns	cc
18	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 learns	nsubj
19	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	20 learns	advmod
20	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 learns	ccomp
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 what	nsubj
23	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 what	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Nobody				for sure	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present	the voice		him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	seek not said to happen	to-infinitive	the voice not said here	voice		the wood		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in wood=Location
4	not learn	present	he					vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	voice					tree rules

Option 2

Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it and he has to find it before the castle falls

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 sure	case
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tells	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 voice	det
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 tells	advmod
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tells	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 seek	mark
12	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tells	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 seek	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 has	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 has	nsubj
16	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 find	mark
18	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 has	xcomp
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 find	obj
20	before	before	SCONJ	_	23 falls	mark
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 castle	det
22	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 falls	nsubj
23	falls	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 find	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Nobody			for sure	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present	the voice		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	seek not said to happen	to-infinitive	the voice not said here	voice			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	have	present	he				tree rules
5	find	to-infinitive	he not said here	voice			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
6	fall	present	the castle				vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, a magic stick the Enchanter stole from the Fairy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 stole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stick	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 stick	det
4	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 stick	amod
5	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stole	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Enchanter	det
7	Enchanter	Enchanter	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stole	nsubj
8	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 Fairy	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fairy	det
11	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stole	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	the Enchanter	a magic stick				from the Fairy	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nobody says for sure, the voice just tells him to seek it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	4 sure	case
4	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tells	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 voice	det
7	voice	voice	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tells	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 tells	advmod
9	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tells	iobj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 seek	mark
12	seek	seek	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 tells	xcomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 seek	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Nobody			for sure	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	present	the voice		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	seek not said to happen	to-infinitive	the voice not said here	voice			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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