Test 11 · ★ · Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleto…
Oi, where's the Prince riding off to at midnight?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi · What happens: ride off
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1722 «Crimson Fairy Book, The Flying Ship, part 46: the Simpleton gathers strange companions for his ship» 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 | Oi | oi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 riding | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 riding | punct |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 riding | advmod |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 riding | aux |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Prince | det |
| 6 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 riding | nsubj |
| 7 | riding | ride | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 riding | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 midnight | case |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 midnight | case |
| 11 | midnight | midnight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 riding | obl |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 riding | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride off | present · progressive | Oi | midnight | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
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
To get the Flower Queen's daughter back from the dragons in the underground palace
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 get | mark |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 4 | Flower | Flower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | compound |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 7 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| 8 | back | back | ADV | _ | 2 get | advmod |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 dragons | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 dragons | det |
| 11 | dragons | dragon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 get | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 palace | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 palace | det |
| 14 | underground | underground | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 palace | amod |
| 15 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | the Flower Queen's daughter | the underground palace | from the dragons | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent daughter=Theme from dragon=Source |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
To get the Flower Queen's daughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 get | mark |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 4 | Flower | Flower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | compound |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 Queen | case |
| 7 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | the Flower Queen's daughter | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |
Option 3
To find the Flower Queen and ask her to let her daughter live with him all year
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 find | mark |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 live | advcl |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Queen | det |
| 4 | Flower | Flower | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Queen | compound |
| 5 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 find | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 ask | cc |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 find | conj |
| 8 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 ask | iobj |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 let | mark |
| 10 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 ask | xcomp |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 let | obj |
| 12 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 let | obj |
| 13 | live | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 him | case |
| 15 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 live | obl |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 year | det |
| 17 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 live | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | to-infinitive | the Flower Queen | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent queen=Topic | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | her = she | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | let not said to happen | to-infinitive | daughter | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient daughter=Theme | ||||
| 4 | live | present | year | with him = he | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with he=Location |
Option 4
To get the King's daughter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 get | mark |
| 2 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 King | det |
| 4 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 King | case |
| 6 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | the King's daughter | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer daughter=Stimulus |
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