Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill…
Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot! Wot did the Princess do then?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince, Wot · What happens: gobsmack, turn, do
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1702 «Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor miller strikes a bargain with a water spirit» 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
Sentence 1: Gobsmacked, the Prince turned into a parrot!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gobsmacked | gobsmack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 turned | advcl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Gobsmacked | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | nsubj |
| 5 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 parrot | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 parrot | det |
| 8 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 turned | obl |
| 9 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 5 turned | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | gobsmack | participle | the Prince not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | turn | past | the Prince | into a parrot result | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into parrot=Result |
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.
Sentence 2: Wot did the Princess do then?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wot | Wot | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 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 Princess | det |
| 4 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 5 do | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past · do-support | Wot | then | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
she stroked the parrot and chatted
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 stroked | nsubj |
| 2 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stroked | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 chatted | cc |
| 6 | chatted | chat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 stroked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stroke | past | she | the parrot | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | chat speech: other | participle | she not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
she stroked the parrot gently and chatted to it about the wedding feast
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 stroked | nsubj |
| 2 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stroked | obj |
| 5 | gently | gently | ADV | _ | 2 stroked | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 chatted | cc |
| 7 | chatted | chat | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 stroked | conj |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 chatted | obl |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 feast | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 feast | det |
| 12 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feast | compound |
| 13 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 chatted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stroke | past | she | the parrot | gently property | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | chat speech: other | participle | she not said here | parrot | about the wedding feast | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about feast=Topic |
Option 3
she kissed him and sang softly
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 kissed | nsubj |
| 2 | kissed | kiss | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 kissed | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 sang | cc |
| 5 | sang | sing | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 kissed | conj |
| 6 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 5 sang | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | past | she | him = he | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | past | she not said here | softly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
she stroked the parrot, then called for her servants to bring a cage
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 stroked | nsubj |
| 2 | stroked | stroke | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 parrot | det |
| 4 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stroked | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 called | punct |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 called | advmod |
| 7 | called | call | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 parrot | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 servants | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 servants | nmod:poss |
| 10 | servants | servant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 called | obl |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 bring | mark |
| 12 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 called | advcl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 cage | det |
| 14 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bring | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stroke | past | she | the parrot | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parrot=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | call | participle | the parrot not said here | then | for parrot's servants | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for servant=Recipient | |||
| 3 | bring | to-infinitive | a cage | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cage=Theme |
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