Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in…
Wait, so the wind just chucked the princess across the field?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wind · What happens: wait, chuck · To what, where: princess, field
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1660 «Fairy Tales, Prince Souci, part 49: the king is robbed in the forest and made to carry a bundle» 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 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 chucked | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 chucked | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wind | det |
| 5 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chucked | nsubj |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 chucked | advmod |
| 7 | chucked | chuck | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 princess | det |
| 9 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chucked | obj |
| 10 | across | across | ADP | _ | 12 field | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 field | det |
| 12 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chucked | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | chuck | past | the wind | the princess | the field | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme |
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 went flying like a kite, proper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 went | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | 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 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 went | xcomp |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 kite | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 kite | det |
| 8 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 flying | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 went | punct |
| 10 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 went | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | past | she | proper property | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | fly | gerund | she not said here | like a kite | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, she got blown off, mate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 blown | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 blown | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 blown | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 blown | aux:pass |
| 5 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 5 blown | compound:prt |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 blown | punct |
| 8 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 blown | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow off | past · passive | she | mate vocative | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Nah, she just got a bit wobbly on the gravel and then the wind pushed her off gently
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 got | advmod |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bit | det |
| 7 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wobbly | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | wobbly | wobbly | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 gravel | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 gravel | det |
| 11 | gravel | gravel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 pushed | cc |
| 13 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 pushed | advmod |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 wind | det |
| 15 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 pushed | nsubj |
| 16 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 got | conj |
| 17 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 pushed | obj |
| 18 | off | off | ADP | _ | 16 pushed | compound:prt |
| 19 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 16 pushed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | she | the gravel | wobbly property | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on gravel=Source | |||
| 2 | push off | past | the wind | her = she | then | gently property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, the wind whipped her up and she went flying across the whole field like a kite, proper
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 whipped | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 whipped | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 wind | det |
| 4 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 whipped | nsubj |
| 5 | whipped | whip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 whipped | obj |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 whipped | compound:prt |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 went | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 went | nsubj |
| 10 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 whipped | conj |
| 11 | flying | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 went | xcomp |
| 12 | across | across | ADP | _ | 15 field | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 field | det |
| 14 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 field | amod |
| 15 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flying | obl |
| 16 | like | like | ADP | _ | 18 kite | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 kite | det |
| 18 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flying | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 proper | punct |
| 20 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 whipped | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whip up | past | the wind | her = she | vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent she=Material | ||||
| 2 | go | past | wind | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | fly | gerund | wind not said here | the whole field | like a kite | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across field=Trajectory |
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