Test 11 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Was Helena's stepmother chuffed when Helena finished the pond?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: stepmother, Helena · What happens: be, chuff, finish · To what, where: stepmother, pond

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stepmother	cop
2	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 stepmother	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Helena	case
4	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 chuffed	nsubj
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 finished	advmod
7	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 finished	nsubj
8	finished	finish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chuffed	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 finished	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 chuffed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past		Helena's stepmother	tree rules
2	chuff	past	Helena's stepmother		tree rules
3	finish	past	Helena	the pond	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector pond=Eventuality

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 was raging, and she sent her off to fetch the whole pond's worth of mud and stones

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 raging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raging	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raging	aux
5	raging	rage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sent	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 sent	cc
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	nsubj
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raging	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	9 sent	compound:prt
12	to	to	PART	_	13 fetch	mark
13	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 raging	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 pond	det
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 pond	amod
16	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 worth	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 pond	case
18	worth	worth	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fetch	obj
19	of	of	ADP	_	20 mud	case
20	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 worth	nmod
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 stones	cc
22	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 mud	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	rage	past · progressive	she		vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	send off	past	she	her = she	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	fetch	to-infinitive	she not said here	the whole pond's worth of mud and stones	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent worth=Theme

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

Nah, she was raging and wanted harder stuff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 raging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 raging	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raging	aux
5	raging	rage	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 raging	conj
8	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 stuff	amod
9	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rage	past · progressive	she						vn entity_specific_modes_being-47.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	want	past	she not said here	harder stuff					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot stuff=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, she was chuffed and gave her a rest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 chuffed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chuffed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chuffed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chuffed	aux:pass
5	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 gave	cc
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chuffed	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gave	iobj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 rest	det
10	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	past · passive		she					tree rules
2	give	past		a rest	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient rest=Theme

Option 4

Yeah, she was dead chuffed and said she'd let Helena go to the ball tonight and rest properly

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 chuffed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 chuffed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 chuffed	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chuffed	aux:pass
5	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 chuffed	amod
6	chuffed	chuff	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 chuffed	conj
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 let	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 let	aux
11	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
12	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 let	obj
13	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 tonight	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 tonight	det
16	ball	ball	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 tonight	compound
17	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 go	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 rest	cc
19	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	conj
20	properly	properly	ADV	_	19 rest	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	chuff	past · passive		she			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	let	would	she	Helena			tree rules
4	go	infinitive	Helena not said here		tonight		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	rest	infinitive	she not said here			properly property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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