Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…
Did the Fairy's gifts get the kids hyped?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gifts, Fairy · What happens: do, get, hype, gift · To what, where: kids
This is test 11 · ★ 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Fairy | det |
| 3 | Fairy | Fairy | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 gifts | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 Fairy | case |
| 5 | gifts | gift | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | parataxis |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kids | det |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 get | obj |
| 9 | hyped | hype | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 kids | acl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | the Fairy's gifts | the kids | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | hype | participle | the kids not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | gift | the Fairy | nom gift «possession transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Nah, they ignored the cakes and played instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 ignored | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 ignored | nsubj |
| 4 | ignored | ignore | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 cakes | det |
| 6 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 ignored | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 played | cc |
| 8 | played | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 ignored | conj |
| 9 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 8 played | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | past | they | the cakes | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cake=Theme | ||||
| 2 | play | past | they not said here | instead property | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, they were buzzing over the cakes and sweets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 buzzing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 buzzing | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 buzzing | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 buzzing | aux |
| 5 | buzzing | buzz | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 8 cakes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cakes | det |
| 8 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 buzzing | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 sweets | cc |
| 10 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cakes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | buzz | past · progressive | they | the cakes and sweets | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over cake=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, they found the presents boring and gave the cakes to the sheep dog
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 found | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 presents | det |
| 6 | presents | present | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 found | obj |
| 7 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 found | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 gave | cc |
| 9 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cakes | det |
| 11 | cakes | cake | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 gave | obj |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 dog | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 dog | det |
| 14 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 dog | compound |
| 15 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | they | the presents | boring property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent present=Topic | |||
| 2 | give | past | they not said here | the cakes | the sheep dog | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent cake=Theme to dog=Recipient |
Option 4
Yeah, they were so excited they ran round the fountain shouting for joy and tasted every sweet
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 excited | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 excited | punct |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 excited | nsubj |
| 4 | were | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 excited | cop |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 excited | advmod |
| 6 | excited | excited | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 ran | nsubj |
| 8 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 excited | acl:relcl |
| 9 | round | round | ADP | _ | 11 fountain | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 fountain | det |
| 11 | fountain | fountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 ran | obl |
| 12 | shouting | shout | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 11 fountain | acl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 joy | case |
| 14 | joy | joy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 shouting | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 tasted | cc |
| 16 | tasted | taste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 excited | conj |
| 17 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 18 sweet | det |
| 18 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 tasted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | they | excited property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | past | they | the fountain | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round fountain=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | shout speech: express | gerund | the fountain not said here | for joy | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for joy=Recipient | ||||
| 4 | taste | past | they not said here | every sweet | vn seem-109 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Theme sweet=Attribute |
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