Test 7 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…
wait, why was the princess a serpent, do you know
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be, know · To what, where: princess
This is test 7 · ★ 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 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 princess | punct |
| 3 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 princess | advmod |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 princess | cop |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 princess | det |
| 6 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 wait | obl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 serpent | det |
| 8 | serpent | serpent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 princess | obj |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 know | punct |
| 10 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 know | aux |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 know | nsubj |
| 12 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 wait | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a | past | the princess | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | know | present · do-support | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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
A goblin cursed her when she was little and she never got it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 goblin | det |
| 2 | goblin | goblin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cursed | nsubj |
| 3 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cursed | obj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 little | advmod |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 little | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 little | cop |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cursed | obl:unmarked |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 got | cc |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | nsubj |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 got | advmod |
| 12 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 cursed | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 got | obj |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 12 got | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | a goblin | her = she | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | goblin | little property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not get back | past | goblin | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Her dad's a sneaky king and she took after him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 king | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 king | amod |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 took | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 took | nsubj |
| 9 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | conj |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 took | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Her dad | a sneaky king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | past | she | after king | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Her dad's a sneaky king and she took after him, lying and stealing from everyone
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 king | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | cop |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 king | det |
| 5 | sneaky | sneaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 king | amod |
| 6 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 took | cc |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 took | nsubj |
| 9 | took | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 king | conj |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 11 him | case |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 took | obl |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 lying | punct |
| 13 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 king | parataxis |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 stealing | cc |
| 15 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 lying | conj |
| 16 | from | from | ADP | _ | 17 everyone | case |
| 17 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 15 stealing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Her dad | a sneaky king | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | take | past | she | after king | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | lie | gerund | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 4 | steal | gerund | everyone | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
A witch turned her into one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 witch | det |
| 2 | witch | witch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 turned | nsubj |
| 3 | turned | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 turned | obj |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 one | case |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 turned | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | past | a witch | her = she | into one | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent she=Theme into one=Trajectory |
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