Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Prince and the Fairy's Daughter: the bird-…

Was the Fairy's chariot still in the river at the end, or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: chariot

This is test 8 · ★ 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	5 chariot	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Fairy	det
3	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 chariot	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Fairy	case
5	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 river	csubj
6	still	still	ADV	_	9 river	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 end	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 end	det
12	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 river	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 nah	punct
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 nah	cc
15	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 river	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 river	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Fairy's chariot					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

Nah, the waters sunk it right to the bottom of the river where it stayed for ever

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sunk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 waters	det
4	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sunk	nsubj
5	sunk	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sunk	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	10 bottom	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 bottom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bottom	det
10	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sunk	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	13 river	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 river	det
13	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bottom	nmod
14	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	16 stayed	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stayed	nsubj
16	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 river	acl:relcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 ever	case
18	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	16 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	the waters	it				to the bottom of the river	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	stay	past	river						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, it's floating on the top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 floating	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 floating	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 floating	aux
5	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 top	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 top	det
8	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 floating	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present · progressive	it			the top			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on top=Trajectory

Option 3

Yeah, it's still floating down the river and the fishes are riding in it now

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 floating	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 floating	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 floating	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 floating	advmod
6	floating	float	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 riding	csubj
7	down	down	ADP	_	9 river	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 river	det
9	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 floating	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fishes	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fishes	det
12	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 river	conj
13	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 riding	aux
14	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
15	in	in	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 riding	obl
17	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 riding	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present · progressive	it			the river and the fishes	still		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down river=Trajectory
2	ride	present · progressive	floating			it	now		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, the waters sunk it right to the bottom

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 sunk	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 waters	det
4	waters	water	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sunk	nsubj
5	sunk	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sunk	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	10 bottom	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 bottom	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bottom	det
10	bottom	bottom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sunk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	the waters	it				to the bottom	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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