Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…
Oi, did the bees like, actually nick all twelve of them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Oi, bees · What happens: do, nick · To what, where: bees, twelve
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1876 «Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve maidens, and Rosanella returns to marry the Prince» 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 | Oi | oi | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Oi | punct |
| 3 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bees | det |
| 5 | bees | bee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 did | obj |
| 6 | like | like | SCONJ | _ | 9 nick | mark |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 nick | punct |
| 8 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 9 nick | advmod |
| 9 | nick | nick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 bees | acl |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 twelve | det |
| 11 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 nick | obj |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 them | case |
| 13 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 twelve | nmod |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Oi | the bees | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bee=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | nick | infinitive | the bees not said here | all twelve of Oi | actually property | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent twelve=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 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, every bee grabbed a girl and they all zoomed off to the hive over the palace wall
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 grabbed | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 grabbed | punct |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 bee | det |
| 4 | bee | bee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grabbed | nsubj |
| 5 | grabbed | grab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 grabbed | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 zoomed | cc |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 zoomed | nsubj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 zoomed | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | zoomed | zoom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 grabbed | conj |
| 12 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 zoomed | compound:prt |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 hive | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 hive | det |
| 15 | hive | hive | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 zoomed | obl |
| 16 | over | over | ADP | _ | 19 wall | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 wall | det |
| 18 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 wall | compound |
| 19 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 zoomed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | past | every bee | a girl | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Theme | ||||
| 2 | zoom off | participle · passive | they | the palace wall | to the hive | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, they snatched every maiden, then chased the Queen's whole court across the lawn
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 snatched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 snatched | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snatched | nsubj |
| 4 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 maiden | det |
| 6 | maiden | maiden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snatched | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chased | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 chased | advmod |
| 9 | chased | chase | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 snatched | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 Queen | det |
| 11 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 court | nmod:poss |
| 12 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 11 Queen | case |
| 13 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 court | amod |
| 14 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chased | obj |
| 15 | across | across | ADP | _ | 17 lawn | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 lawn | det |
| 17 | lawn | lawn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chased | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | past | they | every maiden | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Theme | ||||
| 2 | chase | past | they not said here | the Queen's whole court | the lawn | then | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent court=Theme across lawn=Trajectory |
Option 3
Nah, they only took a few and buzzed away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 took | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 took | advmod |
| 5 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 few | det |
| 7 | few | few | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 took | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 buzzed | cc |
| 9 | buzzed | buzz | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 few | conj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 5 took | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | they | a few | away property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent few=Theme | |||
| 2 | buzz | participle | they not said here | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they snatched every single one and zoomed off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 snatched | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 snatched | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 snatched | nsubj |
| 4 | snatched | snatch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 one | det |
| 6 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 one | amod |
| 7 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 snatched | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 zoomed | cc |
| 9 | zoomed | zoom | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 snatched | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 zoomed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | snatch | past | they | every single one | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme | ||||
| 2 | zoom off | participle | they not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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