Test 14 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

What did the three Princes spot at the window?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: Princes spot, window

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1911 «Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a Fairy, and she wins back Prince Fickle at the feast» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 spot	det
4	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 Princes	nummod
5	Princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 spot	compound
6	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 window	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the Princes spot		the window			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=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 · ✓ the right answer

Parsley, combing her long black hair, proper beautiful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Parsley	punct
3	combing	comb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Parsley	acl
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combing	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Parsley	punct
9	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 beautiful	amod
10	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Parsley	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comb	gerund	Parsley not said here	Parsley's long black hair					vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Parsley, combing her long black hair by the window, proper beautiful and dead tidy

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Parsley	punct
3	combing	comb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Parsley	acl
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combing	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 window	det
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tidy	punct
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tidy	amod
13	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 tidy	amod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 dead	cc
15	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beautiful	conj
16	tidy	tidy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Parsley	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comb	gerund	Parsley not said here	Parsley's long black hair				by the window	vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient

Option 3

Parsley, sewing a long gold dress by the window, proper lovely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Parsley	punct
3	sewing	sew	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Parsley	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 dress	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 dress	amod
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dress	compound
7	dress	dress	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewing	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 window	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 window	det
10	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sewing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Parsley	punct
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 lovely	amod
13	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Parsley	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	gerund	Parsley not said here	a long gold dress				by the window	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent dress=Theme by window=Destination

Option 4

Parsley, combing her long black hair in the sunlight, proper beautiful, and the three of them just stared

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parsley	Parsley	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 combing	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Parsley	punct
3	combing	comb	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hair	nmod:poss
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
6	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 hair	amod
7	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combing	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 sunlight	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sunlight	det
10	sunlight	sunlight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 combing	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 beautiful	punct
12	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 beautiful	amod
13	beautiful	beautiful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sunlight	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 stared	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 stared	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 three	det
17	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	21 stared	advcl
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 three	nmod
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 stared	advmod
21	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 combing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	comb	gerund	Parsley	Parsley's long black hair		the sunlight			vn braid-41.2.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hair=Patient
2	stare	past	Parsley not said here						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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