Test 3 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

Why did Serpentine go all weepy, like?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Serpentine · What happens: go

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1691 «Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, and the bird cures the King» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 go	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	Serpentine	Serpentine	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 go	nsubj
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 weepy	advmod
6	weepy	weepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 like	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	4 go	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	Serpentine					weepy property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice

She heard Saphir was a royal prince and she didn't know her own family at all

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 prince	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 prince	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 prince	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 prince	amod
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	ccomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 know	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 know	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 know	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 know	advmod
12	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 heard	conj
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 family	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 family	amod
15	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 know	obj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 all	case
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past	She			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a	past	Saphir	a royal prince		tree rules
3	not know	past · do-support	Saphir	Saphir's own family	all	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer family=Stimulus

Option 2

Saphir was a king's son and her own mum and dad were a total mystery to her

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 son	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 son	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 mystery	nsubj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 mum	cc
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mum	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mum	amod
10	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 son	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 dad	cc
12	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mum	conj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 mystery	cop
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 mystery	det
15	total	total	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 mystery	amod
16	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
17	to	to	ADP	_	18 her	case
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 mystery	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	Saphir	a king's son and Saphir's own mum and dad					tree rules
2	is a	past	a king's son and Saphir's own mum and dad	a total mystery	Saphir				tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

She learned Saphir was a king's son and she had no clue who her folks were

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 son	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 son	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 learned	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 clue	det
13	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 were	nsubj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 folks	nmod:poss
16	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 were	nsubj
17	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 clue	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	learn	past	She		vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Saphir	a king's son	tree rules
3	have	past	Saphir	no clue	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient
4	be	past	no clue		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

She learned Saphir was a king's son and she had no clue who her folks were, so she cried for the whole afternoon

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 learned	nsubj
2	learned	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 son	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 son	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 king	det
6	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 son	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 king	case
8	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 learned	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 learned	conj
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 clue	det
13	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	obj
14	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 were	nsubj
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 folks	nmod:poss
16	folks	folk	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 were	nsubj
17	were	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 clue	acl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 cried	punct
19	so	so	ADV	_	21 cried	advmod
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 cried	nsubj
21	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 learned	conj
22	for	for	ADP	_	25 afternoon	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 afternoon	det
24	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 afternoon	amod
25	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	learn	past	She			vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past	Saphir	a king's son		tree rules
3	have	past	Saphir	no clue		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent clue=Patient
4	be	past	no clue			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	cry speech: express	past	Saphir		afternoon	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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