Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

ngl the calf was a bit of a monster, wasn't it?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl calf, bit · What happens: be, not be · To what, where: bit, monster

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 calf	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 calf	det
3	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 monster	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 monster	det
9	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 it	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 it	advmod
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 bit	acl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the ngl calf	a bit				of a monster	tree rules
2	not is a	past	a bit not said here	monster					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 · ← Mova's choice

yes, it was a monster, and the prince had to chase it for days

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 monster	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 monster	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 monster	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 monster	det
6	monster	monster	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 had	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 had	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 prince	det
10	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 had	nsubj
11	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 monster	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 chase	mark
13	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 had	xcomp
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chase	obj
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 days	case
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 chase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a monster		tree rules
2	have	past	the prince			tree rules
3	chase	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	monster	day	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

it was cut open with an axe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cut	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cut	aux:pass
3	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 cut	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 axe	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 axe	det
7	axe	axe	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	past · passive		it				with a axe; open property	vn cut-21.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient with axe=Instrument

Option 3

it had a brain that glowed red and was shaped like a ball

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 brain	det
4	brain	brain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 glowed	nsubj
6	glowed	glow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brain	acl:relcl
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 glowed	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 shaped	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 shaped	aux:pass
10	shaped	shape	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 had	conj
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 ball	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ball	det
13	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 shaped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	it	a brain		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient
2	glow	past	a brain		red property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	shape	past · passive			like a ball	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»

Option 4

it was struck by a heavy stick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 struck	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 struck	aux:pass
3	struck	strike	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	7 stick	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stick	det
6	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 stick	amod
7	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 struck	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	strike	past · passive	a heavy stick	it					vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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