Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

Did the pen write all by itself, or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: pen · What happens: write

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 pen	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 pen	det
3	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 write	nsubj
4	write	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	ADV	_	7 itself	advmod
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 itself	case
7	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 write	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 what	punct
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 what	cc
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 write	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 write	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present	the pen					by pen	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: 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

Yes, it was moved by a spirit who stood nearby the whole time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 moved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 moved	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 moved	aux:pass
5	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 spirit	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 spirit	det
8	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moved	obl
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 stood	nsubj
10	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spirit	acl:relcl
11	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	10 stood	advmod
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 time	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 time	amod
14	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stood	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	past · passive	a spirit	it					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	stand	past	a spirit				time	nearby property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Moved by a secret servant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	5 servant	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 servant	det
4	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 servant	amod
5	servant	servant	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	participle						by a secret servant	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme by servant=Trajectory

Option 3

No, it was controlled by an invisible prince standing behind her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 controlled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 controlled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 controlled	aux:pass
5	controlled	control	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	9 prince	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prince	det
8	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 prince	amod
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 controlled	obl
10	standing	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 prince	acl
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	12 her	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 standing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	control	past · passive	a invisible prince	it					vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	stand	gerund	a invisible prince not said here	her = she					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer her=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Guided by an invisible hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Guided	guide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	5 hand	case
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hand	det
4	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 hand	amod
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Guided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	guide	participle						by a invisible hand	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by hand=Destination

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