Test 3 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess…
Lol, the Enchanter had a crocodile on his head, no way?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Enchanter · What happens: have · To what, where: crocodile, head
This is test 3 · ★ 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 | Lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 5 had | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Lol | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Enchanter | det |
| 4 | Enchanter | Enchanter | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 had | nsubj |
| 5 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 crocodile | det |
| 7 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 had | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 head | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 head | nmod:poss |
| 10 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crocodile | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 way | punct |
| 12 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 13 way | det |
| 13 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 crocodile | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 had | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | past | the Enchanter | a crocodile and no way | Enchanter's head | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crocodile=Patient |
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
No, it was a crocodile on his belt, weird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 crocodile | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 crocodile | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 crocodile | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crocodile | det |
| 6 | crocodile | crocodile | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 belt | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 belt | nmod:poss |
| 9 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crocodile | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 weird | punct |
| 11 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 crocodile | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a crocodile | crocodile's belt | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes way, it was on his shoulder, really odd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 2 way | discourse |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shoulder | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 shoulder | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 shoulder | cop |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 shoulder | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 8 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 odd | punct |
| 10 | really | really | ADV | _ | 11 odd | advmod |
| 11 | odd | odd | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 shoulder | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | way | his shoulder | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | way not said here | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Yes way, it was literally on his head, proper weird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 2 way | discourse |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 head | obl:unmarked |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 head | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 head | cop |
| 6 | literally | literally | ADV | _ | 9 head | advmod |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 head | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 head | nmod:poss |
| 9 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 head | punct |
| 11 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 weird | amod |
| 12 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 head | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | way | his head | way obl:unmarked; literally property | tree rules |
Option 4
No way, it was a hat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 way | det |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hat | nsubj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 way | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hat | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 hat | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 hat | det |
| 7 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | no way | a hat | tree rules |
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