Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mirliflor: the bees steal the twelve ma…

Why did the fairy want the fountain kept clean?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fairy, fountain · What happens: want, keep

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 want	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 want	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fairy	det
4	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 want	nsubj
5	want	want	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fountain	det
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 want	xcomp
9	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 kept	xcomp
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past · do-support	the fairy						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	keep not said to happen	past	the fountain					clean property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=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

Cos she said the sheep would drink if it's clean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sheep	det
5	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 drink	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 drink	aux
7	drink	drink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 clean	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 clean	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 clean	cop
11	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 drink	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Cos		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drink	would	the sheep		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	it	clean property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cos the water tastes better that way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	3 water	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 water	det
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tastes	obl
4	tastes	taste	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	better	better	ADP	_	7 way	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tastes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	taste	present						cos the water; better that way	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Cos dirty water makes the sheep ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	ADV	_	2 dirty	advmod
2	dirty	dirty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 water	amod
3	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sheep	det
6	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 makes	obj
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	dirty water	the sheep				ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset sheep=Product

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cos she said the kids stay together if the sun hits it clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stay	nsubj
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Cos	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kids	det
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 said	obj
6	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	together	together	ADV	_	6 stay	advmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 hits	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sun	det
10	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 hits	nsubj
11	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stay	advcl
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hits	obj
13	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hits	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	Cos	the kids		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent kid=Topic
2	stay together	present	Cos		together property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	hit a condition, not said to happen	present	the sun	it	clear property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme

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