Test 5 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Why did the cook go all soft when he saw the peasant girl?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cook · What happens: go, see · To what, where: all, peasant girl

This is test 5 · ★ 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	5 go	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cook	det
4	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 go	obl
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 all	amod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 saw	advmod
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 saw	nsubj
10	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 go	advcl
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
12	peasant	peasant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 girl	amod
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 saw	obj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the cook	all					vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	past	cook	the peasant girl					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus

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

She was carrying a basket of eggs and bread that smelled like fresh ginger cake from the oven

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 carrying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 carrying	aux
3	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 basket	det
5	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 carrying	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 eggs	case
7	eggs	egg	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 basket	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 bread	cc
9	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 eggs	conj
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 smelled	nsubj
11	smelled	smell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 basket	acl:relcl
12	like	like	ADP	_	15 cake	case
13	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 cake	amod
14	ginger	ginger	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cake	compound
15	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smelled	obl
16	from	from	ADP	_	18 oven	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 oven	det
18	oven	oven	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 smelled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · progressive	She	a basket of eggs and bread					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent basket=Theme
2	smell	past	a basket of eggs and bread			the oven		like fresh ginger cake	vn smell_emission-43.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

She was cleaning the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cleaning	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 cleaning	aux
3	cleaning	clean	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 floor	det
5	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cleaning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	clean	past · progressive	She	the floor					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent floor=Patient

Option 3

She reminded him of the girl from the old story his nurse used to tell

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reminded	nsubj
2	reminded	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reminded	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 girl	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reminded	obl
7	from	from	ADP	_	10 story	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 story	det
9	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 story	amod
10	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reminded	obl
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 nurse	nmod:poss
12	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 used	nsubj
13	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 story	acl:relcl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 tell	mark
15	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 used	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	past	She		him = he	the old story	of the girl	vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient PP.topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient of girl=Topic
2	use	past	his nurse	the old story not said here				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent story=Theme clause=Eventuality
3	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive	his nurse not said here					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

She was ever so beautiful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 beautiful	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 beautiful	cop
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 beautiful	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 beautiful	advmod
5	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	She				ever	beautiful property	tree rules

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