Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns th…

Innit, why did the Magician let the Malee's girl in?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Innit · What happens: let · To what, where: girl

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1823 «Indian Fairy Tales, Punchkin, part 7: the Prince learns the Magician's secret and sets out for the parrot» 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	Innit	Innit	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Innit	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 let	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 let	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Magician	det
6	Magician	Magician	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 let	nsubj
7	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Malee	det
9	Malee	Malee	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 girl	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Malee	case
11	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 let	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 girl	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	past · do-support	Innit	the Malee's girl					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=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 was lonely and needed a friend

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 lonely	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	cop
3	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 needed	cc
5	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lonely	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					lonely property	tree rules
2	need	past	He not said here	a friend					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot friend=Theme

Option 2

He liked her and wanted flowers sent every week to the tower garden

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 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sent	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sent	aux
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sent	nsubj
7	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 liked	conj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 week	det
9	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obl:unmarked
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 garden	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 garden	det
12	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 garden	compound
13	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	He	her = she					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
2	send	past	flowers			the tower garden	week		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to garden=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He wanted her to clean the tower

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 clean	mark
5	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	her = she					tree rules
2	clean not said to happen	to-infinitive	her = she not said here	the tower					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tower=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He liked her and wanted flowers sent

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 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 liked	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wanted	cc
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 liked	conj
6	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wanted	obj
7	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 flowers	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	like	past	He	her = she	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme
2	want	past	He not said here	flowers	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot flower=Theme
3	send	participle		flowers not said here	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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