Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…
Was it a proper good wedding or just a boring little do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it · What happens: be · To what, where: proper good wedding
This is test 13 · ★ 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 wedding | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wedding | nsubj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wedding | det |
| 4 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wedding | amod |
| 5 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 wedding | amod |
| 6 | wedding | wedding | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 12 do | cc |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 12 do | advmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 do | det |
| 10 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 do | amod |
| 11 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 do | amod |
| 12 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wedding | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 wedding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | it | a proper good wedding or a boring little do | 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
It was a nice little do, fam
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 do | det |
| 4 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 do | amod |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 do | amod |
| 6 | do | do | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fam | punct |
| 8 | fam | fam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 do | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a nice little do and fam | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It was a gorgeous feast, the best ever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 feast | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 feast | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feast | det |
| 4 | gorgeous | gorgeous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feast | amod |
| 5 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 feast | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 best | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 feast | conj |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 feast | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a gorgeous feast | ever | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
Option 3
It was a gorgeous feast, the best ever, with food and music for days on end
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 feast | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 feast | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 feast | det |
| 4 | gorgeous | gorgeous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 feast | amod |
| 5 | feast | feast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ever | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 best | det |
| 8 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 ever | nsubj |
| 9 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 feast | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 food | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 food | case |
| 12 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feast | conj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 music | cc |
| 14 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 food | conj |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 days | case |
| 16 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 food | nmod |
| 17 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 end | case |
| 18 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 feast | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | It | a gorgeous feast and food for days and music | on end; ever | tree rules |
Option 4
It was a dull little do, nothing special, just some bread and a bit of water
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 do | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 do | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 little | det |
| 4 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 little | amod |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 do | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 nothing | punct |
| 8 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 do | obj |
| 9 | special | special | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nothing | amod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bread | punct |
| 11 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 bread | advmod |
| 12 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 13 bread | det |
| 13 | bread | bread | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nothing | conj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 bit | cc |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 bit | det |
| 16 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 nothing | conj |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 18 water | case |
| 18 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | It | do property | tree rules |
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