Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches th…

Why'd they put the kid in a wheel chair thing?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: put · To what, where: kid, chair thing

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1709 «Fairy Book, The Glass Axe, part 1: a prince who touches the ground is stolen by a Fairy and set an impossible task» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 put	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 put	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 put	nsubj
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 thing	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 thing	det
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 chair	compound
10	chair	chair	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 thing	compound
11	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	would	they	the kid		a chair thing			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent kid=Theme in thing=Destination

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

Cos his legs are way too weak to walk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 way	case
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 legs	nmod:poss
3	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 way	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	too	too	ADV	_	7 weak	advmod
7	weak	weak	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 way	amod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 walk	mark
9	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 weak	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	his legs					cos way	tree rules
2	walk	to-infinitive	his legs not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the nurse was too old to carry him and the palace floors are full of dust

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	6 old	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 old	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 old	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 old	advmod
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 carry	mark
8	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 old	xcomp
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 carry	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 full	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 floors	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 floors	compound
13	floors	floor	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 full	nsubj
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 full	cop
15	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 old	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 dust	case
17	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the nurse		old property	tree rules
2	carry	to-infinitive	the nurse not said here	him = he		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	is	present	the palace floors		of dust; full property	tree rules

Option 3

Cos the Queen made the King promise he mustn't put his feet on the ground ever

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 Queen	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 promise	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 promise	compound
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 put	nsubj
9	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 put	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 put	advmod
11	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 promise	acl:relcl
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 feet	nmod:poss
13	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 put	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 ground	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 ground	det
16	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 put	obl
17	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past		the King promise				cos the Queen	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset promise=Product
2	not put	must	he	his feet		the ground	ever		vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on ground=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cos he mustn't put his feet on the ground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 put	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 put	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 put	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 put	advmod
5	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 put	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ground	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ground	det
10	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not put	must	he	his feet		the ground			vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme on ground=Destination

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