Test 8 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, Helena, : Helena's castle is built by a…

What did she say to the calf, like a proper spell?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: she · What happens: say · To what, where: calf · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	4 say	obj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	aux
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 say	nsubj
4	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 calf	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 calf	det
7	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 spell	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 spell	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 spell	det
11	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 spell	amod
12	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 say	parataxis
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	she		the calf				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Topic to calf=Recipient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Kneel, little calf, kneel, be faithful and leal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kneel	kneel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calf	punct
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 calf	amod
4	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneel	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kneel	punct
6	kneel	kneel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneel	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 faithful	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 faithful	cop
9	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Kneel	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leal	cc
11	leal	leal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 faithful	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive						faithful property	tree rules
2	be								tree rules

Option 2

Kneel, little calf, kneel, be faithful and leal, and mind the gate while I'm away

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kneel	kneel	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calf	punct
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 calf	amod
4	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneel	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 kneel	punct
6	kneel	kneel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Kneel	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 faithful	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 faithful	cop
9	faithful	faithful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Kneel	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 leal	cc
11	leal	leal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 faithful	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mind	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 mind	cc
14	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Kneel	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 gate	det
16	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 mind	obj
17	while	while	SCONJ	_	20 away	mark
18	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 away	nsubj
19	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 away	cop
20	away	away	ADV	_	14 mind	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive			faithful property	tree rules
2	be					tree rules
3	mind	infinitive		the gate		vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Theme
4	is	present	I		away property	tree rules

Option 3

Stand, little calf, stand, be brave and true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calf	punct
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 calf	amod
4	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 stand	punct
6	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 brave	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 brave	cop
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stand	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 true	cc
11	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here	little calf		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stand	infinitive	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	infinitive			brave property	tree rules
4	be					tree rules

Option 4

Sleep, little calf, sleep, be quiet and still

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 quiet	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calf	punct
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 calf	amod
4	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleep	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sleep	punct
6	sleep	sleep	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calf	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Sleep	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 quiet	cop
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 still	cc
11	still	still	ADV	_	9 quiet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive	Sleep					quiet property	tree rules

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