Test 4 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Was the house all tidy and clean like magic, or was it a mess?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: house

This is test 4 · ★ 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	3 house	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 house	det
3	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 mess	nsubj
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 tidy	det
5	tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 house	amod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 clean	cc
7	clean	clean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tidy	conj
8	like	like	ADP	_	9 magic	case
9	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tidy	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 it	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 it	cc
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 it	cop
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 mess	nsubj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 mess	det
15	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 mess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the house					tree rules
2	is a	past		house					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 · ← Mova's choice

Spotless and gleaming, with the wooden floor polished and a fire already lit in the hearth by someone unseen

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spotless	spotless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 gleaming	cc
3	gleaming	gleam	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Spotless	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 floor	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 floor	det
7	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 floor	amod
8	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Spotless	obl
9	polished	polish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 floor	acl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lit	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 fire	det
12	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lit	nsubj:pass
13	already	already	ADV	_	14 lit	advmod
14	lit	lit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 polished	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 hearth	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hearth	det
17	hearth	hearth	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lit	obl
18	by	by	ADP	_	19 someone	case
19	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 lit	obl
20	unseen	unseen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 someone	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	gleam	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	polish	participle		the wooden floor not said here		vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent
3	lit	participle · passive	someone	a fire	the hearth	tree rules

Option 2

A mess, nothing had been done

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mess	det
2	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 done	nsubj:pass
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 mess	punct
4	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	2 mess	conj
5	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 done	aux
6	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 done	aux:pass
7	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · perfect · passive		a mess					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Tidy, like someone was doing it for him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tidy	tidy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 doing	punct
3	like	like	SCONJ	_	6 doing	mark
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 doing	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 doing	aux
6	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Tidy	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 doing	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 doing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past · progressive	someone	it				for him = he	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 4

A mess at first, but then the floor was swept by an invisible hand from the corner of the room

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 mess	det
2	mess	mess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 first	case
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 mess	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swept	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 swept	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 swept	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swept	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 swept	aux:pass
11	swept	sweep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 mess	acl
12	by	by	ADP	_	15 hand	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 hand	det
14	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 hand	amod
15	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swept	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 corner	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 corner	det
18	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 swept	obl
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 room	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 room	det
21	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 corner	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sweep	past · passive	a invisible hand	the floor		the corner of the room	then		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from corner=Trajectory

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