Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…

wait, why would the Queen be so mad about a few jewels?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Queen · What happens: wait, be

This is test 5 · ★ 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	_	9 mad	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	9 mad	advmod
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 mad	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Queen	det
6	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 mad	nsubj
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 mad	cop
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 mad	advmod
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	conj
10	about	about	ADP	_	13 jewels	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 jewels	det
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 jewels	amod
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 mad	obl
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	is	would	the Queen					about a few jewels; mad property	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

Cause the Queen thinks Fiordelisa sent the Blue Bird to steal the jewels from the palace treasury

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 thinks	parataxis
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Queen	det
3	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 thinks	nsubj
4	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thinks	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Bird	det
8	Blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 Bird	amod
9	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 steal	mark
11	steal	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sent	advcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 jewels	det
13	jewels	jewel	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 steal	obj
14	from	from	ADP	_	17 treasury	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 treasury	det
16	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 treasury	compound
17	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 steal	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	think speech: other	present	the Queen			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	send	past	Fiordelisa	the Blue Bird		vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bird=Theme
4	steal	to-infinitive	Fiordelisa not said here	the jewels	the palace treasury	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent jewel=Theme from treasury=Source

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Cause the Princes keep dissing Turritella

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 Princes	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princes	det
3	Princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dissing	dis	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keep	xcomp
6	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 dissing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	keep	present	the Cause Princes		tree rules
3	dis	gerund	the Cause Princes not said here	Turritella	tree rules

Option 3

Cause the Princess keeps stealing from her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 Princess	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princess	det
3	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	stealing	steal	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keeps	xcomp
6	from	from	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 stealing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	keep	present	the Cause Princess		tree rules
3	steal	gerund	the Cause Princess not said here	Princess	vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location her=Theme

Option 4

Cause the Princes keep refusing to marry Turritella and the Queen thinks it's Fiordelisa's fault

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princes	det
3	Princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keep	nsubj
4	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Cause	parataxis
5	refusing	refuse	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 thinks	csubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 marry	mark
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 refusing	xcomp
8	Turritella	Turritella	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 marry	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 Queen	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Queen	det
11	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 Turritella	conj
12	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 keep	ccomp
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 fault	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 fault	cop
15	Fiordelisa	Fiordelisa	PROPN	Number=Sing	17 fault	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 Fiordelisa	case
17	fault	fault	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 thinks	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	imperative	you not said here		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	keep	present	the Princes		tree rules
3	refuse	gerund			vn reject-77.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
4	not marry	to-infinitive		Turritella and the Queen	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent turritella=Patient
5	think speech: other	present	refusing		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	is a	present	it	Fiordelisa's fault	tree rules

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