Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

Why'd the Prince not just let the dove go, bruv?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince, dove · What happens: not let, go · To what, where: dove, bruv

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 let	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Prince	det
4	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 let	advmod
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 let	advmod
7	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dove	det
9	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
10	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 let	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bruv	punct
12	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 go	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not let	would	the Prince	the dove					tree rules
2	go	infinitive	the dove not said here	bruv					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

Cause the black girl told him not to, simple

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 girl	amod
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	parataxis
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 told	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	7 not	fixed
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 simple	punct
10	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cause	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	not tell speech: assert	past	the black girl		him = he				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cause the black girl told him not to, simple, he wasn't going to disobey her

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 told	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
3	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 girl	amod
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 told	nsubj
5	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 told	iobj
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 told	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	7 not	fixed
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 simple	punct
10	simple	simple	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 told	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 going	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 going	nsubj
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 going	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 going	advmod
15	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 told	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 disobey	mark
17	disobey	disobey	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 going	xcomp
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 disobey	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	not tell speech: assert	past	the black girl		him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	not go	past · progressive	he			vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	disobey	to-infinitive	he not said here	girl		tree rules

Option 3

Cause the dove was the Fairy's spy and he knew it all along from the start

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dove	det
3	dove	dove	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 spy	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 spy	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fairy	det
6	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 spy	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Fairy	case
8	spy	spy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cause	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 knew	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knew	nsubj
11	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 knew	obj
13	all	all	ADV	_	14 along	advmod
14	along	along	ADV	_	11 knew	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 start	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 start	det
17	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 knew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is a	past	the dove	the Fairy's spy			tree rules
3	know	past	Fairy	dove	the start	along property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Cause the King ordered him, bruv

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 ordered	nsubj
4	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	parataxis
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ordered	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bruv	punct
7	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cause	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here	bruv					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	order	past	the King		him = he				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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