Test 8 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Why did Helena cry, like seriously, what was the matter?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Helena · What happens: cry, be · To what, where: matter

This is test 8 · ★ 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	4 cry	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cry	aux
3	Helena	Helena	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 cry	nsubj
4	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 seriously	punct
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 seriously	case
7	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	4 cry	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 matter	punct
9	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 matter	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 matter	cop
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 matter	det
12	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cry	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 cry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · do-support	Helena					seriously property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the matter					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

Her stepmother was very cruel to her

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 stepmother	nmod:poss
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cruel	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cruel	cop
4	very	very	ADV	_	5 cruel	advmod
5	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cruel	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Her stepmother		her = she			cruel property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Her stepmother had set her a pile of feathers to sort and a pond to empty with a spoon

The tree, 19 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 stepmother	nmod:poss
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 set	aux
4	set	set	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 set	obj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pile	det
7	pile	pile	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 set	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 feathers	case
9	feathers	feather	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 pile	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 sort	mark
11	sort	sort	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 set	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 pond	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pond	det
14	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sort	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 empty	mark
16	empty	empty	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sort	advcl
17	with	with	ADP	_	19 spoon	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 spoon	det
19	spoon	spoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 empty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	set	past · perfect · passive	Her stepmother		tree rules
2	sort	to-infinitive	a pond		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pond=Theme
3	empty	to-infinitive		with a spoon	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with spoon=Instrument

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Her stepmother gave her impossible jobs

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 stepmother	nmod:poss
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gave	nsubj
3	gave	give	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 gave	iobj
5	impossible	impossible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 jobs	amod
6	jobs	job	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	Her stepmother	impossible jobs	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient job=Theme

Option 4

The stepmother had sent her to the market and then locked her in the house without any food at all

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 stepmother	det
2	stepmother	stepmother	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	aux
4	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sent	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 market	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 market	det
8	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sent	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 locked	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 locked	advmod
11	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sent	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 locked	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	15 house	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 house	det
15	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 locked	obl
16	without	without	ADP	_	18 food	case
17	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	18 food	det
18	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 locked	obl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 all	case
20	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past · perfect · passive		the stepmother				to the market	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: subject=Destination she=Theme
2	lock	past		stepmother		the house	then	without any food; at all	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

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