Test 5 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…
so what was the bird thing in the air?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: bird thing, air
This is test 5 · ★ 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 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 thing | advmod |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 6 thing | nsubj |
| 3 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thing | cop |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 thing | det |
| 5 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thing | compound |
| 6 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 air | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 air | det |
| 9 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 thing | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 thing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the bird thing | the air | 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 · ✓ the right answer
A bright bird that the princess called out to
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bird | amod |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 bird | acl:relcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 called | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 called | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call out speech: assert | participle · passive | a bright bird | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A bright bird that the princess had been calling for since she first saw the fan in the fields
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bird | amod |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 calling | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 calling | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 calling | aux |
| 8 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 9 calling | aux |
| 9 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 bird | acl:relcl |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 calling | case |
| 11 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 14 saw | mark |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 saw | nsubj |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 14 saw | advmod |
| 14 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 calling | advcl |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 fan | det |
| 16 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 saw | obj |
| 17 | in | in | ADP | _ | 19 fields | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 fields | det |
| 19 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 16 fan | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | past · perfect · progressive | a bright bird | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | past | princess | the fan | the fields | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer fan=Stimulus |
Option 3
A tall bird that the fairy chased away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 2 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bird | amod |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fairy | nsubj |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 fairy | nsubj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 fairy | det |
| 6 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | chased | chase | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 fairy | acl |
| 8 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 chased | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase away | participle | the fairy not said here | away property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
A bright bird that the princess called out to from the high window of the tower
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 bird | det |
| 2 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 bird | amod |
| 3 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 called | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 bird | acl:relcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 called | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 called | xcomp |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 13 window | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 window | det |
| 12 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 window | amod |
| 13 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 called | obl |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 tower | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 tower | det |
| 16 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 window | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call out speech: assert | participle · passive | a bright bird | the high window of the tower | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: subject=Theme from window=Source |
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