Test 6 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, The Blue Bird: the Frog is Serpentine, an…

What did the bird do to the poorly King?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bird · What happens: do

This is test 6 · ★ 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 do	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 do	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bird	det
4	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 do	nsubj
5	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 King	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 King	det
8	poorly	poorly	ADV	_	9 King	advmod
9	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 do	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · do-support	the bird					to the King	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Flew at him and sorted him right out, then sang a song for the whole court to hear

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Flew	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sorted	cc
5	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Flew	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorted	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 sorted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sang	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sang	advmod
11	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Flew	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 song	det
13	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sang	obj
14	for	for	ADP	_	17 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 court	amod
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sang	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 hear	mark
19	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sang	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past			at him = he	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location
2	sort	past	him = he		out property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	sing speech: express	past	a song	then	for the whole court	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent song=Theme for court=Beneficiary
4	hear	to-infinitive				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Flew down and healed him right away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 Flew	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 healed	cc
4	healed	heal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Flew	conj
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 healed	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 healed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly down	past						down property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	heal	past		him = he				away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 3

Flew at him and sorted him right out, then flew back up to Saphir's shoulder to rest for the night

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Flew	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sorted	cc
5	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Flew	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorted	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 sorted	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flew	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 flew	advmod
11	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Flew	conj
12	back	back	ADV	_	13 up	advmod
13	up	up	ADV	_	11 flew	advmod
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 shoulder	case
15	Saphir	Saphir	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 shoulder	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Saphir	case
17	shoulder	shoulder	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flew	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 rest	mark
19	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 flew	advcl
20	for	for	ADP	_	22 night	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 night	det
22	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past			at him = he	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location
2	sort	past	him = he		out property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	fly	past		then	to Saphir's shoulder result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to shoulder=Result
4	rest	to-infinitive		night		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Flew at him and sorted him right out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Flew	obl
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 sorted	cc
5	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Flew	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorted	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 out	advmod
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 sorted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	past						at him = he	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at he=Location
2	sort	past		him = he				out property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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