Test 7 · ★ · Madame d'Aulnoy's Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 28: M…

Did the Princess want Mousta for herself, like?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: want · To what, where: Mousta

This is test 7 · ★ 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	4 want	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Princess	det
3	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 want	nsubj
4	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Mousta	Mousta	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 want	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 herself	case
7	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 want	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	4 want	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 want	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past · do-support	the Princess	Mousta				for Princess	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot mousta=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

nah, she sent him back to Mannikin with a gift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sent	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	nsubj
4	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 sent	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Mannikin	case
8	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 gift	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 gift	det
11	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send back	past	she	him = he	Mannikin			with a gift	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to mannikin=Destination

Option 2

yeah, she begged him off Mannikin and kept him close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	7 Mannikin	case
7	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 kept	cc
9	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 begged	conj
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 kept	obj
11	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		him = he			off Mannikin	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	keep	past	she not said here	Mannikin				close property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

yeah, she begged the King

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		the King				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent king=Recipient

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

yeah, she begged him off Mannikin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 begged	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 begged	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	nsubj
4	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 begged	obj
6	off	off	ADP	_	7 Mannikin	case
7	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 begged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		him = he			off Mannikin	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

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