Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier…
Did the Princess want to marry someone else?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: want, marry · To what, where: someone
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1737 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box, part 61: a Soldier gets rich from three dogs and a witch's trick» 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=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 Princess | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Princess | det |
| 3 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 want | nsubj |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 marry | mark |
| 6 | marry | marry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 marry | obj |
| 8 | else | else | ADV | _ | 7 someone | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | the Princess | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | marry not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Princess not said here | someone | vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient |
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
Yeah, she wanted the Witch, bruv
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Witch | det |
| 6 | Witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bruv | punct |
| 8 | bruv | bruv | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Witch | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | the Witch and bruv | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot witch=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she waited, but then she ran off with the Eagle, mate
The tree, 12 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 waited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 ran | punct |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 ran | cc |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 ran | advmod |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 ran | nsubj |
| 9 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 waited | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 ran | compound:prt |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 Eagle | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 Eagle | det |
| 13 | Eagle | Eagle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 ran | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 mate | punct |
| 15 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | vocative |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | she | mate vocative | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run off | past | she | then | with the Eagle | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with eagle=Material |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, she waited for the man who freed her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 waited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 man | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | obl |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 freed | nsubj |
| 9 | freed | free | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 man | acl:relcl |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 freed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | she | for the man | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | free | past | the man | her = she | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source |
Option 4
Yeah, she wanted another prince, but she waited for the man who freed her
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 prince | det |
| 6 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wanted | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 waited | punct |
| 8 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 10 waited | cc |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 waited | nsubj |
| 10 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 wanted | conj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 man | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 man | det |
| 13 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 waited | obl |
| 14 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 freed | nsubj |
| 15 | freed | free | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 man | acl:relcl |
| 16 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 freed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | she | another prince | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot prince=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait | past | she | for the man | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | free | past | the man | her = she | vn free-10.6.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Causer she=Source |
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