Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Nixy of the Mill-Pond, part 1: a poor mill…
Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah? Wot shape did the Prince take after the feather?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess, Prince · What happens: chuff, get back, take · To what, where: parrot, Wot shape
This is test 7 · ★ 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: Chuffed the Princess got her parrot back, yeah?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 got | parataxis |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Princess | det |
| 3 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 parrot | nmod:poss |
| 6 | parrot | parrot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 got | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| 9 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 got | discourse |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chuff | participle | tree rules | ||||||
| 2 | get back | past | the Princess | Princess's parrot | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parrot=Stimulus |
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 shape did the Prince take after the feather?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wot | wot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shape | amod |
| 2 | shape | shape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 take | aux |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Prince | det |
| 5 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 take | nsubj |
| 6 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 9 feather | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 feather | det |
| 9 | feather | feather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 take | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 take | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past · do-support | the Prince | Wot shape | after the feather | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Theme |
The options
Option 1
a prince of surpassing beauty, dressed in gold and silver robes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beauty | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 surpassing | mark |
| 4 | surpassing | surpass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 beauty | amod |
| 5 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dressed | punct |
| 7 | dressed | dress | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 beauty | acl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 gold | case |
| 9 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 dressed | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 robes | cc |
| 11 | silver | silver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 robes | compound |
| 12 | robes | robe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 gold | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surpass | gerund | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot | ||||||
| 2 | dress | participle | surpassing beauty not said here | gold and silver robes | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
a prince of surpassing beauty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 surpassing | mark |
| 4 | surpassing | surpass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 prince | acl |
| 5 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surpassing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surpass | gerund | a prince not said here | beauty | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme |
Option 3
a knight of noble birth
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 knight | det |
| 2 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 birth | case |
| 4 | noble | noble | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 birth | amod |
| 5 | birth | birth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 knight | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
a prince of surpassing beauty and a great warrior of the land
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 prince | det |
| 2 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | SCONJ | _ | 4 surpassing | mark |
| 4 | surpassing | surpass | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 prince | acl |
| 5 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 surpassing | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 warrior | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 warrior | det |
| 8 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 warrior | amod |
| 9 | warrior | warrior | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 beauty | conj |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 land | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 land | det |
| 12 | land | land | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 warrior | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | surpass | gerund | a prince not said here | beauty and a great warrior of the land | vn exceed-90 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot beauty=Theme |
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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