Test 4 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

Did he chill with the Fairy before he bounced, or nah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he, Fairy · What happens: chill, bounce

This is test 4 · ★ 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chill	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chill	nsubj
3	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 Fairy	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Fairy	det
6	Fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chill	obl
7	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 bounced	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 bounced	nsubj
9	bounced	bounce	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chill	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 nah	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 nah	cc
12	nah	nah	INTJ	_	3 chill	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 chill	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past · do-support	he					with the Fairy	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with fairy=Instrument
2	bounce	past	Fairy						vn run-51.3.2-2 «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

Yeah, he hung out with her for ages and got a proper blessing before he went

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hung	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hung	nsubj
4	hung	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	4 hung	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hung	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hung	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 got	cc
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hung	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 blessing	det
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 blessing	amod
14	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	obj
15	before	before	SCONJ	_	17 went	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 went	nsubj
17	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 got	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	hang out	past	he		for ages	with her = she	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	past	he not said here	a proper blessing			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer blessing=Stimulus
3	go	past	he				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, they had a massive chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 chat	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 chat	amod
7	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	a massive chat					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chat=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he left without saying bye, but he dropped her a nice note on the way out there

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 left	advcl
7	bye	bye	INTJ	_	6 saying	discourse
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dropped	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 dropped	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dropped	nsubj
11	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 dropped	obj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 note	det
14	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 note	amod
15	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 way	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 way	det
18	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dropped	obl
19	out	out	ADV	_	20 there	advmod
20	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 dropped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	leave	past	he			vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	gerund	he not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	drop	past	he	her = she	the way; there	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent she=Theme note=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he left without saying bye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	without	without	SCONJ	_	6 saying	mark
6	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 left	advcl
7	bye	bye	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 saying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	gerund	he not said here	bye					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent bye=Topic

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