Test 2 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Why was Milan so gutted when the doves talked?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Milan, doves · What happens: be, gut, talk

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	Milan	Milan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 gutted	nsubj
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 gutted	advmod
5	gutted	gut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	advcl:relcl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 talked	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doves	det
8	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 talked	nsubj
9	talked	talk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 gutted	advcl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past		why property	tree rules
2	gut	past	Milan		vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	talk	participle	the doves		vn talk-37.5 «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 had been told by the cook that the cake was poisoned and wanted to flee

The tree, 16 words

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	4 told	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 cook	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cook	det
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 poisoned	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cake	det
10	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 poisoned	nsubj:pass
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 poisoned	aux:pass
12	poisoned	poison	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 told	advcl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 wanted	cc
14	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 flee	mark
16	flee	flee	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	the cook	He	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	poison	past · passive		the cake	vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	want	past	the cook not said here		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	flee not said to happen	to-infinitive	the cook not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He realised his bride had been waiting ages

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 realised	nsubj
2	realised	realise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 bride	nmod:poss
4	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waiting	nsubj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 waiting	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 waiting	aux
7	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 realised	ccomp
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 waiting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	realise	past	He						tree rules
2	wait	past · perfect · progressive	his bride	ages					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He remembered he'd forgotten Hyacinthia

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 remembered	nsubj
2	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 forgotten	nsubj
4	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 forgotten	aux
5	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 remembered	ccomp
6	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remember	past	He						vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	forget	past · perfect	he	Hyacinthia					tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The doves had insulted him by singing the song about his cruel stepfather in the wood

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 doves	det
2	doves	dove	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 insulted	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 insulted	aux
4	insulted	insult	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 insulted	obj
6	by	by	SCONJ	_	7 singing	mark
7	singing	sing	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 insulted	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 song	det
9	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 singing	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	13 stepfather	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 stepfather	nmod:poss
12	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 stepfather	amod
13	stepfather	stepfather	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 song	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wood	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wood	det
16	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 insulted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	insult	past · perfect · passive		the doves		the wood			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP ADJ»: subject=Experiencer he=Result
2	sing speech: express	gerund		the song				about his cruel stepfather	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

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