Test 11 · ★ · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

Did Mannikin fancy the Princess or was he just chatting?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mannikin · What happens: fancy, chat · To what, where: Princess

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1891 «Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: Mannikin wins the joust and the Ambassador's insolent letter arrives» 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 fancy	aux
2	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 fancy	nsubj
3	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Princess	det
5	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fancy	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 chatting	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 chatting	aux
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 chatting	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 chatting	advmod
10	chatting	chat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 fancy	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 fancy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past · do-support	Mannikin	the Princess					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus
2	chat speech: other	past · progressive	Mannikin						vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

he was just being mates and entertaining her at the feast

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	7 entertaining	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 entertaining	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 mates	advmod
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 mates	cop
5	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 entertaining	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 entertaining	cc
7	entertaining	entertain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 entertaining	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 feast	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 feast	det
11	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 entertaining	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	gerund		mates					tree rules
2	entertain	past · progressive	he	her = she		the feast			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he was just being mates and entertaining her

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	5 mates	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 mates	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 mates	advmod
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 mates	cop
5	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 entertaining	cc
7	entertaining	entertain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 mates	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 entertaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	he	mates					tree rules
2	entertain	gerund	he not said here	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 3

he fancied her a lot but was just being mates and entertaining her

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	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fancied	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lot	det
5	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fancied	obl:unmarked
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 mates	cc
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 mates	cop
8	just	just	ADV	_	10 mates	advmod
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 mates	cop
10	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 fancied	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 entertaining	cc
12	entertaining	entertain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 fancied	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 entertaining	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	he	her = she	a lot obl:unmarked	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	is a	past	he not said here	mates		tree rules
3	entertain	gerund	he not said here	her = she		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer

Option 4

he was just being rude and boasting

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	5 rude	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rude	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 rude	advmod
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 rude	cop
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 boasting	cc
7	boasting	boast	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 rude	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					rude property	tree rules
2	boast speech: other	gerund	he not said here						vn complain-37.8 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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