Test 1 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

yo, so the enchanter dude turns up in a dust cloud, innit, and he's got one eye and a stammer

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: enchanter dude, dude · What happens: turn up, get · To what, where: dust cloud, one eye

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1880 «Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla, part 17: Grumedan dazzles Potentilla with flowers, frogs and pearls, and Narcissus answers with a nightingale» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	7 turns	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yo	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 turns	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 dude	det
5	enchanter	enchanter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dude	compound
6	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turns	nsubj
7	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 turns	compound:prt
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 cloud	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cloud	det
11	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cloud	compound
12	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turns	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cloud	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 got	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 got	cc
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 got	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 got	aux
19	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 turns	advcl
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 eye	nummod
21	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 got	obj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 stammer	cc
23	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	24 stammer	det
24	stammer	stammer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 eye	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	present	the enchanter dude			a dust cloud and innit			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cloud=Location
2	get	present · passive	dude	one eye and a stammer					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer eye=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

which trick did Melinette use to fool Potentilla?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 trick	det
2	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
4	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fool	mark
7	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 use	advcl
8	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fool	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · do-support	which trick						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fool	to-infinitive	which trick not said here	Potentilla					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potentilla=Patient

Option 2

which trick did Melinette use to fool Potentilla, and why did the Prince not catch on at all?

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 trick	det
2	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
4	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fool	mark
7	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 use	advcl
8	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fool	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 catch	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 catch	cc
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	16 catch	advmod
12	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 catch	aux
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 Prince	det
14	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 did	obj
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 catch	advmod
16	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 use	advcl
17	on	on	ADP	_	16 catch	compound:prt
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 all	case
19	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 catch	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	use	past · do-support	which trick			vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	fool	to-infinitive	which trick not said here	Potentilla		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potentilla=Patient
3	not catch on	past · do-support	which trick not said here		all	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at all=Asset

Option 3

what did Melinette tell Potentilla to fool her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	Potentilla	potentilla	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 fool	mark
7	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tell	xcomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fool	obj
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · do-support	Melinette	Potentilla					tree rules
2	fool not said to happen	to-infinitive	Potentilla not said here	Melinette					vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

so which of the fairies' tricks did Melinette use to fool Potentilla in the end, innit?

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	10 use	advmod
2	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 use	obj
3	of	of	ADP	_	7 tricks	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fairies	det
5	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tricks	nmod:poss
6	'	's	PART	_	5 fairies	case
7	tricks	trick	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 use	obl
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 use	aux
9	Melinette	Melinette	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 use	nsubj
10	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fool	mark
12	fool	fool	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 use	advcl
13	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 fool	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 end	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 end	det
16	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fool	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 innit	punct
18	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 use	conj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 use	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	use	past · do-support	Melinette			of the fairies's tricks	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Patient
2	fool	to-infinitive	Melinette not said here	Potentilla	in the end		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent potentilla=Patient
3	innit	infinitive	Melinette not said here				tree rules
4	trick		the fairies				nom trick «act transitive»: poss=agent

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