Test 9 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her p…

Wait, the Princess was secretly royal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Princess · What happens: wait, be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1707 «Violet Fairy Book, Prince Rainbow: the Princess wins her prince and becomes queen» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 royal	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 royal	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 royal	cop
6	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 royal	advmod
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	advcl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the Princess					royal, secretly property	tree rules

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

Yeah, the nut lady told everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 told	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lady	det
4	nut	nut	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lady	compound
5	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 told	nsubj
6	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 told	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	the nut lady		everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

Option 2

Nah, the porter let it slip out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 let	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 porter	det
4	porter	porter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 let	nsubj
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 slip	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the porter	it					tree rules
2	slip out	infinitive							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 3

Yeah, the three sisters spilled the beans and everyone cheered for ages afterwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 spilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 spilled	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sisters	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 sisters	nummod
5	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spilled	nsubj
6	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 beans	det
8	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spilled	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 cheered	cc
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	11 cheered	nsubj
11	cheered	cheer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 spilled	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 ages	case
13	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cheered	obl
14	afterwards	afterwards	ADV	_	11 cheered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	the three sisters	the beans					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bean=Theme
2	cheer	past	everyone				for ages	afterwards property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, the sisters spilled the beans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 spilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 spilled	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sisters	det
4	sisters	sister	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spilled	nsubj
5	spilled	spill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 beans	det
7	beans	bean	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 spilled	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spill	past	the sisters	the beans					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bean=Theme

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