Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…
Was the old King well happy to see them, or was he dodgy about it?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: old King, King · What happens: be, see · To what, where: them
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1711 «Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-girl is freed and the wicked Fairy drowns» 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 | Was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 happy | cop |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 3 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 King | amod |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 happy | nsubj |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 happy | advmod |
| 6 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 happy | xcomp |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 see | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 dodgy | punct |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 dodgy | cc |
| 12 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 dodgy | cop |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dodgy | nsubj |
| 14 | dodgy | dodgy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 happy | conj |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 dodgy | obl |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 happy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | the old King | happy, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | the old King not said here | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | past | King | about it; dodgy 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 · ✓ the right answer
Dead happy, he was full of joy and gladness
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happy | amod |
| 2 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 full | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | cop |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happy | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 joy | case |
| 8 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gladness | cc |
| 10 | gladness | gladness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 joy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | of joy and gladness; full property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, he was happy and clapped
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 happy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 happy | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 happy | cop |
| 5 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 clapped | cc |
| 7 | clapped | clap | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 happy | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | clap | participle | he not said here | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, he was well cross, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 cross | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cross | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 cross | cop |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 cross | advmod |
| 6 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cross | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | bruv vocative; cross, well property | tree rules |
Option 4
Dead happy, he was full of joy and gladness and hugged them both tight
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happy | amod |
| 2 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 full | punct |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 full | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 full | cop |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 happy | conj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 joy | case |
| 8 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 full | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 gladness | cc |
| 10 | gladness | gladness | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 joy | conj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 hugged | cc |
| 12 | hugged | hug | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 happy | conj |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 hugged | obj |
| 14 | both | both | ADV | _ | 15 tight | advmod |
| 15 | tight | tight | ADV | _ | 12 hugged | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | of joy and gladness; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hug | past | joy | tight property | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Co-Agent |
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