Test 10 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…
So did the Queen and King keep their kingdom?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen · What happens: keep · To what, where: kingdom
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1882 «Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Potentilla: Melinette saves Potentilla from poison and traps Grumedan» 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 | So | so | ADV | _ | 7 keep | advmod |
| 2 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 keep | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | nsubj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 King | cc |
| 6 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 Queen | conj |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 kingdom | nmod:poss |
| 9 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | obj |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 keep | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past · do-support | the Queen and King | Queen's kingdom | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=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
Nah, Melinette took it away and gave it to the lovers, Narcissus and Potentilla, straight off
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | Melinette | Melinette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | obj |
| 6 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 took | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 gave | cc |
| 8 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 gave | obj |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 lovers | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 lovers | det |
| 12 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gave | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 Narcissus | punct |
| 14 | Narcissus | Narcissus | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 lovers | appos |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 Potentilla | cc |
| 16 | Potentilla | Potentilla | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 Narcissus | conj |
| 17 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 off | punct |
| 18 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 19 off | advmod |
| 19 | off | off | ADV | _ | 4 took | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take away | past | Melinette | it | away property | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | give | past | Melinette not said here | it | the lovers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lover=Recipient |
Option 2
Yeah, the Queen kept the whole kingdom safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 kept | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 kept | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Queen | det |
| 4 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | nsubj |
| 5 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kingdom | det |
| 7 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 kingdom | amod |
| 8 | kingdom | kingdom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kept | obj |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 kept | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | past | the Queen | the whole kingdom | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kingdom=Theme |
Option 3
Nah, Melinette took it and gave it to the lovers, proper unfair on the King and Queen
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | Melinette | Melinette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gave | cc |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gave | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 lovers | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lovers | det |
| 11 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gave | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 unfair | punct |
| 13 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 unfair | amod |
| 14 | unfair | unfair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 took | parataxis |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 17 King | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 King | det |
| 17 | King | King | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 unfair | obl |
| 18 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 Queen | cc |
| 19 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 17 King | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Melinette | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | Melinette not said here | it | the lovers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lover=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Nah, Melinette took it and gave it to the lovers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 took | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | Melinette | Melinette | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 took | nsubj |
| 4 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 took | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 gave | cc |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 took | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 gave | obj |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 lovers | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lovers | det |
| 11 | lovers | lover | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | past | Melinette | it | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | give | past | Melinette not said here | it | the lovers | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to lover=Recipient |
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