Test 2 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…

wait, why did Grimace freak out so hard?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Grimace · What happens: wait, freak out

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1662 «Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess escapes the fairy on a magic fan and meets Souci in the air» 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	_	6 freak	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 freak	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 freak	aux
5	Grimace	Grimace	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 freak	nsubj
6	freak	freak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 freak	compound:prt
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 hard	advmod
9	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 freak	advmod
10	?	?	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	freak out	past · do-support	Grimace					hard property	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Cause the princess took the old fan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 princess	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fan	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fan	amod
7	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive							vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	take	past	the Cause princess	the old fan					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Theme

Option 2

Because she wanted the fan for herself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fan	det
5	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 herself	case
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	she	the fan				for herself = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot fan=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Because the princess wouldn't hand over the fan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 hand	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hand	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 hand	advmod
6	hand	hand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	over	over	ADP	_	6 hand	compound:prt
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 fan	det
9	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hand	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hand over	would	the princess	the fan					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fan=Theme

Option 4

Because the fairy was really angry that the princess had hidden the fan under her feet

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 angry	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fairy	det
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 angry	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 angry	advmod
6	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 hidden	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hidden	nsubj:pass
10	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 hidden	aux
11	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 angry	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 fan	det
13	fan	fan	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hidden	obj
14	under	under	ADP	_	16 feet	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 feet	nmod:poss
16	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 fan	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fairy					angry property	tree rules
2	hide	past · perfect · passive		the princess					tree rules

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