Test 8 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…
Honestly, what's the deal with the oranges, are they golden?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: deal · What happens: be · To what, where: deal
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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 | Honestly | honestly | ADV | _ | 6 deal | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Honestly | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 deal | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 deal | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 deal | det |
| 6 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 golden | nsubj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 oranges | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 oranges | det |
| 9 | oranges | orange | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 deal | nmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 deal | punct |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 golden | cop |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 golden | nsubj |
| 13 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 golden | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the deal | with the oranges; honestly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the deal | golden property | 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
They're yellow, with a bird in each
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 yellow | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 yellow | cop |
| 3 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 bird | punct |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 bird | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bird | det |
| 7 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 yellow | appos |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 each | case |
| 9 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 bird | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | yellow property | tree rules |
Option 2
They're yellow, and there's a bird inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 yellow | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 yellow | cop |
| 3 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 's | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 's | cc |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 's | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 yellow | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bird | det |
| 9 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 's | nsubj |
| 10 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 7 's | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | yellow property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | a bird | there | inside property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
They're golden, and there's a princess in each one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 golden | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 golden | cop |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 's | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 's | cc |
| 6 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 7 's | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 golden | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 's | nsubj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 one | case |
| 11 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 one | det |
| 12 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 's | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | golden property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | a princess | there | in each one | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in one=Location |
Option 4
They're golden for sure, and each one has a princess inside waiting to be let out
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 golden | nsubj |
| 2 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 golden | cop |
| 3 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 sure | case |
| 5 | sure | sure | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 golden | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 has | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 has | cc |
| 8 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 one | det |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 has | nsubj |
| 10 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 golden | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 has | obj |
| 13 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 14 waiting | mark |
| 14 | waiting | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 princess | acl |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 let | mark |
| 16 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 17 let | aux:pass |
| 17 | let | let | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 waiting | xcomp |
| 18 | out | out | ADP | _ | 17 let | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | They | for sure; golden property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have | present | each one | a princess | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient | ||||
| 3 | wait | gerund | a princess not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | let out | to-infinitive · passive | a princess not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient» |
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