Test 9 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Minon-Minette, part 51: the princess es…

wait, what did the Iron King have to swear?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Iron King · What happens: wait, have, swear

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	8 have	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 have	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 King	det
6	Iron	Iron	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 King	compound
7	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 swear	mark
10	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 have	xcomp
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past · do-support	the Iron King	tree rules
3	swear	to-infinitive	the Iron King not said here	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

To guard the royal gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 guard	mark
2	guard	guard	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gate	det
4	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gate	amod
5	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guard	to-infinitive		the royal gate					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Beneficiary

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

To treat all of King Souci's sheep with great kindness and care forever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 treat	mark
2	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 treat	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 sheep	case
5	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 sheep	nmod:poss
6	Souci	Souci	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 King	flat
7	's	's	PART	_	5 King	case
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 all	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 kindness	case
10	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kindness	amod
11	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treat	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 care	cc
13	care	care	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kindness	conj
14	forever	forever	ADV	_	2 treat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	to-infinitive		all				with great kindness and care; forever property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP»: agent=Agent all=Recipient with kindness=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

To treat the sheep kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 treat	mark
2	treat	treat	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sheep	det
4	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 treat	obj
5	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	2 treat	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	to-infinitive			the sheep			kindly property	vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sheep=Recipient

Option 4

To never harm the sheep and always feed them well every single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	3 harm	mark
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 harm	advmod
3	harm	harm	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 harm	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 feed	cc
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 feed	advmod
8	feed	feed	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 harm	conj
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 feed	obj
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 feed	advmod
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 day	det
12	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 day	amod
13	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 feed	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not harm	to-infinitive		the sheep					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sheep=Experiencer
2	feed	infinitive		sheep			day	always, well property	vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

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