Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

Did the Prince throw the egg at the vulture or just drop it, fam?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: throw, drop · To what, where: egg

This is test 6 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 throw	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Prince	det
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 throw	nsubj
4	throw	throw	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 egg	det
6	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throw	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 vulture	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 vulture	det
9	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 throw	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 drop	cc
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 drop	advmod
12	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 throw	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drop	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fam	punct
15	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 drop	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 throw	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	past · do-support	the Prince	the egg				at the vulture	vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent egg=Theme at vulture=Destination
2	drop	infinitive	the Prince not said here	egg				fam obl	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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

He hurled it at the vulture fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurled	nsubj
2	hurled	hurl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurled	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 vulture	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 vulture	det
6	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hurled	obl
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 hurled	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurl	past	He	it				at the vulture; fast property	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at vulture=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He chucked it at the bird with all his might

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 bird	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 might	det:predet
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 might	nmod:poss
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 chucked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	it				at the bird	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at bird=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He just dropped it on the ground and kicked it towards the vulture slowly, fam

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dropped	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 dropped	advmod
3	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dropped	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 ground	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ground	det
7	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dropped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kicked	cc
9	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dropped	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kicked	obj
11	towards	towards	ADP	_	13 vulture	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vulture	det
13	vulture	vulture	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kicked	obl
14	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	9 kicked	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 fam	punct
16	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	He	it		the ground			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on ground=Destination
2	kick	past	He not said here	ground				towards the vulture; fam obl; slowly property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme towards vulture=Destination

Option 4

He chucked it at the bird with all his might and it flew straight across the sky

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	nsubj
2	chucked	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 chucked	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 bird	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bird	det
6	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chucked	obl
7	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 might	mark
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 might	det:predet
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 might	nmod:poss
10	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bird	acl:relcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 flew	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 flew	nsubj
13	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 chucked	conj
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	13 flew	advmod
15	across	across	ADP	_	17 sky	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 sky	det
17	sky	sky	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	past	He	it				at the bird	vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme at bird=Destination
2	fly	past	it			the sky		straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across sky=Trajectory

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