Test 9 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…
and Zizi got scared in the forest, was it a wolf for real
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zizi · What happens: get, be · To what, where: wolf, forest
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 got | cc |
| 2 | Zizi | Zizi | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 forest | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 forest | det |
| 7 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 it | punct |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 it | cop |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | obl |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 wolf | det |
| 12 | wolf | wolf | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 real | case |
| 14 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Zizi | a wolf | the forest | for real; scared property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme for real=Source | ||
| 2 | is a | past | forest | 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
nah, it was just Titty coming down the path to the fountain with her pitcher and bucket in her hands
The tree, 20 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 coming | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 coming | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 Titty | advmod |
| 6 | Titty | titty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 path | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 path | det |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 fountain | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fountain | det |
| 13 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 pitcher | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 pitcher | nmod:poss |
| 16 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fountain | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 bucket | cc |
| 18 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pitcher | conj |
| 19 | in | in | ADP | _ | 21 hands | case |
| 20 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 hands | nmod:poss |
| 21 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 coming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come down | past · progressive | it | the path | Titty's hands | to the fountain with Titty's pitcher and bucket | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location path=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
yeah it was the witch with a pitcher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 witch | discourse |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 witch | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 witch | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 witch | det |
| 5 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 pitcher | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 pitcher | det |
| 8 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 witch | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | the witch | with a pitcher | tree rules |
Option 3
nah, it was just Titty coming down the path to the fountain with her pitcher and bucket
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 coming | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 coming | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 coming | advmod |
| 6 | Titty | titty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 path | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 path | det |
| 10 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | obl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 13 fountain | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 fountain | det |
| 13 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 pitcher | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 pitcher | nmod:poss |
| 16 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 fountain | nmod |
| 17 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 bucket | cc |
| 18 | bucket | bucket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pitcher | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come down | past · progressive | it | the path | to the fountain with Titty's pitcher and bucket | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location path=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
nah, it was just Titty coming with her pitcher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 7 coming | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 nah | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 coming | aux |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 coming | advmod |
| 6 | Titty | Titty | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 pitcher | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 pitcher | nmod:poss |
| 10 | pitcher | pitcher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | past · progressive | it | with Titty's pitcher | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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