Test 4 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

no cap, that red cloak is the best bit tho

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap · What happens: be · To what, where: best bit

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bit	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 cloak	mark
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cloak	amod
6	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cap	appos
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 bit	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bit	det
9	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 bit	amod
10	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
11	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	10 bit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	no cap	the best bit					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

Fr, it lets him zap anywhere he wants, even home to his own room

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lets	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	nsubj
4	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	obj
6	zap	zap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lets	xcomp
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	9 wants	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 zap	ccomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 home	punct
11	even	even	ADV	_	12 home	advmod
12	home	home	ADV	_	4 lets	conj
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 room	case
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 room	nmod:poss
15	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 room	amod
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 home	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	present	Fr	him = he		tree rules
2	zap	infinitive	him = he not said here			tree rules
3	want	present	he		anywhere property	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fr, it lets him zap anywhere he wants

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lets	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	nsubj
4	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lets	obj
6	zap	zap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 lets	xcomp
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 zap	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 zap	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	let	present	Fr	him = he		tree rules
2	zap	infinitive	him = he not said here		anywhere property	tree rules
3	want	present	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Fr, it makes him invisible at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 makes	obj
6	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	xcomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 night	case
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invisible	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Fr	him = he				invisible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product

Option 4

Fr, it's a red cloak that turns into a bird and flies him to the palace

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cloak	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cloak	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cloak	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cloak	det
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cloak	amod
7	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 turns	nsubj
9	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 cloak	acl:relcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 bird	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bird	det
12	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 turns	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 flies	cc
14	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 turns	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 flies	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 palace	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 palace	det
18	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 flies	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Fr	a red cloak			tree rules
2	turn	present	a red cloak			into a bird result	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into bird=Result
3	fly	present	a red cloak not said here	bird	the palace		vn drive-11.5-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to palace=Destination

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