Test 4 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

right, so Cleopatra rolls up in a fancy boat and hands over a pearl, what's that all about, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cleopatra · What happens: roll up, hand, be · To what, where: fancy boat, pearl, that

This is test 4 · ★ 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	right	right	INTJ	_	5 rolls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 rolls	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 rolls	advmod
4	Cleopatra	Cleopatra	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rolls	nsubj
5	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 rolls	compound:prt
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 boat	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 boat	det
9	fancy	fancy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 boat	amod
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rolls	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hands	cc
12	hands	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 rolls	conj
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 pearl	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 pearl	det
15	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hands	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 what	punct
17	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 pearl	nmod
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 that	cop
19	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 what	nsubj
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 that	appos
21	about	about	ADV	_	23 yeah	advmod
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 about	punct
23	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	20 all	nmod
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 rolls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	roll up	present	Cleopatra		a fancy boat	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in boat=Trajectory
2	hand	present	Cleopatra not said here		a pearl	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		that		tree rules

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

she gave her a pearl for free

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 pearl	det
5	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 free	case
7	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	she	a pearl	her = she			for free	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent she=Recipient pearl=Theme for free=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she told Potentilla to be less vain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Potentilla	Potentilla	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 told	iobj
4	to	to	PART	_	7 vain	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 vain	cop
6	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 vain	advmod
7	vain	vain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 told	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	she		Potentilla				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent potentilla=Recipient
2	is not said to happen	to-infinitive						less, vain property	tree rules

Option 3

she got a ring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 got	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	she	a ring					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ring=Stimulus

Option 4

she gave her a hat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	nsubj
2	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 gave	iobj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 hat	det
5	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	she	a hat	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient hat=Theme

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