Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Blue Bird, part 4: the Blue Bird brings g…
why did the Queen even bring Turritella up the tower?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: bring · To what, where: Turritella
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 bring | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 bring | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bring | nsubj |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 6 bring | advmod |
| 6 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | Turritella | Turritella | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 bring | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 tower | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 tower | det |
| 10 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bring | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 bring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring | past · do-support | the Queen | Turritella | up the tower | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument turritella=Destination |
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
To find the lost jewels hidden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 find | mark |
| 2 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 jewels | det |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 jewels | amod |
| 5 | jewels | jewel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 find | obj |
| 6 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 jewels | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | to-infinitive | the lost jewels | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jewel=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | hide | participle | the lost jewels not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
To make her watch the Princess closely so that she could catch her in some plot
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 watch | advcl |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 make | obj |
| 4 | watch | watch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 Princess | det |
| 6 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 watch | obj |
| 7 | closely | closely | ADV | _ | 4 watch | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 12 catch | mark |
| 9 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 so | fixed |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 catch | nsubj |
| 11 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 catch | aux |
| 12 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 watch | advcl |
| 13 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 catch | obj |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 plot | case |
| 15 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 16 plot | det |
| 16 | plot | plot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 catch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | her = she | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset she=Product | ||||
| 2 | watch | imperative | you not said here | the Princess | closely property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Theme | |||
| 3 | catch | could | Princess | her = she | some plot | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |
Option 3
The Queen wanted to see the view from the top of the tower with her daughter before dinner
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 Queen | det |
| 2 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 wanted | nsubj |
| 3 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 see | mark |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wanted | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 view | det |
| 7 | view | view | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obj |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 top | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 top | det |
| 10 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 tower | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 tower | det |
| 13 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 top | nmod |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 16 daughter | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 daughter | nmod:poss |
| 16 | daughter | daughter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| 17 | before | before | ADP | _ | 18 dinner | case |
| 18 | dinner | dinner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | the Queen | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | the Queen not said here | the view | the top of the tower | before dinner | with Queen's daughter | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer view=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
To catch Fiordelisa in some scheme
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 catch | mark |
| 2 | catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | Fiordelisa | Fiordelisa | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 catch | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 scheme | case |
| 5 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 scheme | det |
| 6 | scheme | scheme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 catch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | to-infinitive | Fiordelisa | some scheme | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiordelisa=Theme |
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