Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

How did Paridamie even get to the palace?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Paridamie · What happens: get

This is test 5 · ★ 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	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 get	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 get	aux
3	Paridamie	Paridamie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 get	nsubj
4	even	even	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	Paridamie					to the palace result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to palace=Result

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

In a rose-coloured chariot which the twelve girls had built themselves

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	6 chariot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 chariot	det
3	rose	rose	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 coloured	compound
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 rose	punct
5	coloured	coloured	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chariot	amod
6	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 built	obj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 girls	det
9	twelve	twelve	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 girls	nummod
10	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 built	nsubj:pass
11	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 built	aux
12	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 chariot	acl:relcl
13	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	12 built	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	past · perfect · passive		the twelve girls					tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In a crystal chariot with flying maidens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 chariot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chariot	det
3	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chariot	amod
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 maidens	case
6	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 maidens	amod
7	maidens	maiden	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 chariot	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund							vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

In a crystal chariot pulled by ribbons and a swarm of bees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 chariot	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 chariot	det
3	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 chariot	amod
4	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 chariot	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 ribbons	case
7	ribbons	ribbon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 pulled	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 swarm	cc
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 swarm	det
10	swarm	swarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chariot	conj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 bees	case
12	bees	bee	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 swarm	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	participle		a crystal chariot and a swarm of bees not said here				by ribbons	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

By a golden carriage drawn by swans

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	By	by	ADP	_	4 carriage	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 carriage	det
3	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 carriage	amod
4	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	drawn	draw	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 carriage	acl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 swans	case
7	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drawn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	draw	participle		a golden carriage not said here				by swans	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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