Test 12 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Prince Narcissus and the Princess Poten…

Wait, what's the bit about the dairymaid, is that a joke?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: bit, joke

This is test 12 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bit	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 bit	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 bit	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
7	about	about	ADP	_	9 dairymaid	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dairymaid	det
9	dairymaid	dairymaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bit	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 joke	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 joke	cop
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	14 joke	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 joke	det
14	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	parataxis
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a	present		the bit	about the dairymaid	tree rules
3	is a	present		a joke		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

Nah, it's the King saying a Princess shouldn't marry like one, which is the whole point of it

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 saying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saying	nsubj
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marry	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 marry	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 marry	advmod
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saying	ccomp
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 one	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 marry	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 point	punct
16	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	20 point	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 point	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 point	det
19	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 point	amod
20	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 one	appos
21	of	of	ADP	_	22 it	case
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 point	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not marry	should	a Princess	one		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient
3	is a	present		the whole point	of point	tree rules

Option 2

Nah, it's the King saying a Princess shouldn't marry a dairymaid's son, and the Queen agrees with him

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 saying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saying	nsubj
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marry	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 marry	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 marry	advmod
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saying	ccomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 dairymaid	det
14	dairymaid	dairymaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 son	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 dairymaid	case
16	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marry	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 agrees	punct
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 agrees	cc
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Queen	det
20	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	21 agrees	nsubj
21	agrees	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	advcl
22	with	with	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 agrees	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	it			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not marry	should	a Princess	a dairymaid's son		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent son=Patient
3	agree speech: agree	present	the Queen		with King	vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.co-agent how S»: agent=Agent with he=Co-Agent

Option 3

Nah, it's about a dairymaid who wins a prize

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 dairymaid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 dairymaid	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dairymaid	cop
5	about	about	ADV	_	7 dairymaid	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dairymaid	det
7	dairymaid	dairymaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 wins	nsubj
9	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dairymaid	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 prize	det
11	prize	prize	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wins	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a dairymaid				about property	tree rules
2	win	present	a dairymaid	a prize					vn succeed-74-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prize=Eventuality

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, it's the King saying a Princess shouldn't marry like one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 saying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 saying	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 saying	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 saying	nsubj
7	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 Princess	det
9	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 marry	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 marry	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 marry	advmod
12	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 saying	ccomp
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 one	case
14	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present · progressive	it						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not marry	should	a Princess					like one	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

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