Test 1 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

Mate, how come the Prince was called Mannikin, innit?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: come, call, innit · To what, where: Prince · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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	4 come	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 come	advmod
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Prince	det
6	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 called	nsubj:pass
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 called	aux:pass
8	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 come	advcl
9	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 called	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 come	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 come	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come	infinitive	Mate		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	past · passive		the Prince	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient
3	innit	infinitive	Mate not said here		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

Cos he was small like a kid

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 small	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 small	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 small	cop
4	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	like	like	ADP	_	7 kid	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 small	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					like a kid; small property	tree rules

Option 2

Cos he got called that by mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 called	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 called	nsubj
3	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 called	aux:pass
4	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	that	that	SCONJ	_	4 called	obl
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 mates	case
7	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 called	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive	mates	he					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cos he stayed tiny, like a little man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 stayed	nsubj
3	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stayed	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 man	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 man	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 man	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 man	amod
9	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stayed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	Cos					like a little man; tiny property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Cos the fairy gave him that name when he was a baby in the cottage, like

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 gave	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fairy	det
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 baby	advcl
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	iobj
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obj
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 baby	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 baby	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 baby	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 baby	det
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 cottage	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 cottage	det
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 baby	nmod
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 baby	punct
17	like	like	INTJ	_	12 baby	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the fairy	that name	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient name=Theme
2	is a	past	fairy	a baby		the cottage			tree rules

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