Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…
wait, so the Princess got a wicked idea to fool the spy?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Princess · What happens: wait, get, fool · To what, where: wicked idea, spy
This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1867 «Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings gifts, the Queen hunts for proof, and a spy is set to watch Fiordelisa» 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 got | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 got | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 Princess | det |
| 5 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | nsubj |
| 6 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 wait | parataxis |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 idea | det |
| 8 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 idea | amod |
| 9 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 got | obj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 fool | mark |
| 11 | fool | fool | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 got | advcl |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 spy | det |
| 13 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 fool | obj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | get | past | the Princess | a wicked idea | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer idea=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | fool | to-infinitive | the Princess not said here | the spy | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=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 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, she just waited for the nap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 waited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 waited | nsubj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 waited | advmod |
| 5 | waited | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 nap | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 nap | det |
| 8 | nap | nap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 waited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | she | for the nap | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Nah, not really
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 really | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 really | advmod |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nope, she waited for the Queen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nope | nope | INTJ | _ | 4 waited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nope | 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 Queen | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 Queen | det |
| 7 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 waited | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | past | she | for the Queen | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yeah, she tricked the spy somehow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 tricked | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tricked | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tricked | nsubj |
| 4 | tricked | trick | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spy | det |
| 6 | spy | spy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tricked | obj |
| 7 | somehow | somehow | ADV | _ | 4 tricked | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | trick | past | she | the spy | somehow property | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spy=Patient |
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