Test 9 · ★ · Lang's Fairy Book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…
mate, the enchanter was well jealous of the Prince, how come?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate · What happens: be, come
This is test 9 · ★ 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 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jealous | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 enchanter | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 enchanter | det |
| 4 | enchanter | enchanter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 mate | conj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 jealous | cop |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 jealous | advmod |
| 7 | jealous | jealous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 Prince | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Prince | det |
| 10 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 jealous | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 come | punct |
| 12 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 13 come | advmod |
| 13 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 jealous | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 jealous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | mate and the enchanter | of the Prince; jealous, well property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | come | infinitive | mate and the enchanter not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
he fancied the Prince's horse
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 fancied | nsubj |
| 2 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Prince | det |
| 4 | Prince | Prince | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 horse | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 Prince | case |
| 6 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fancied | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fancy | past | he | the Prince's horse | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer horse=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
he was after the same girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 girl | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 girl | cop |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 girl | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 girl | amod |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | after the same girl | tree rules |
Option 3
he wanted her wand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 wanted | nsubj |
| 2 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 wand | nmod:poss |
| 4 | wand | wand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wanted | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | past | he | her wand | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot wand=Theme |
Option 4
he was after her palace gold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gold | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 gold | cop |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 gold | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 gold | nmod:poss |
| 5 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gold | compound |
| 6 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | he | after her palace gold | tree rules |
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