Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

Did Mirliflor's dad just give up trying to sort him out?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: give up, try, sort out · To what, where: dad

This is test 3 · ★ 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 give	aux
2	Mirliflor	Mirliflor	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 dad	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Mirliflor	case
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 give	advmod
6	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 give	compound:prt
8	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 give	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 sort	mark
10	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 trying	xcomp
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 sort	obj
12	out	out	ADP	_	10 sort	compound:prt
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	give up	past · do-support	Mirliflor's dad		vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	try	gerund	Mirliflor's dad not said here		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	sort out not said to happen	to-infinitive	Mirliflor's dad not said here	dad	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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

Nah, he sent him back to the palace with a stern note and a load of guards

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 note	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 note	det
12	stern	stern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 note	amod
13	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 palace	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 load	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 load	det
16	load	load	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 note	conj
17	of	of	ADP	_	18 guards	case
18	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 load	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	past	he	him = he		the palace with a stern note and a load of guards			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 2

Nah, he kept writing and sending loads of princesses for him to meet at court

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sending	cc
7	sending	send	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 writing	conj
8	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sending	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 princesses	case
10	princesses	princess	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 loads	nmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 him	case
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sending	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 meet	mark
14	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 writing	advcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 court	case
16	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 meet	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he				tree rules
2	write	gerund	he not said here				vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	send	gerund	he not said here	loads of princesses		for him = he	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme
4	meet	to-infinitive	he not said here		court		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he kept writing and sending loads of matches

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	writing	write	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sending	cc
7	sending	send	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 writing	conj
8	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sending	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 matches	case
10	matches	match	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 loads	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	past	he		tree rules
2	write	gerund	he not said here		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	send	gerund	he not said here	loads of matches	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he kept sending letters and gifts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	sending	send	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	letters	letter	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 sending	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 gifts	cc
8	gifts	gift	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 letters	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he						tree rules
2	send	gerund	he not said here	letters and gifts					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

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