Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…
Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she? Proper old-school chores?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Queen, her · What happens: make, spin, not do · To what, where: her, stuff
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1919 «Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs off in the King's boat and meets the stately lady of the birds» 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
Sentence 1: Yo, that hemp and distaff stuff, the Queen made her spin it, didn't she?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yo | yo | INTJ | _ | 7 stuff | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 stuff | punct |
| 3 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 stuff | det |
| 4 | hemp | hemp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 stuff | compound |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 distaff | cc |
| 6 | distaff | distaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hemp | conj |
| 7 | stuff | stuff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 made | punct |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 Queen | det |
| 10 | Queen | Queen | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 made | nsubj |
| 11 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 stuff | acl:relcl |
| 12 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 made | obj |
| 13 | spin | spin | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 made | xcomp |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 spin | obj |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 did | punct |
| 16 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 made | conj |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 16 did | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 did | nsubj |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 stuff | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | the Queen | her = she | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | spin | infinitive | her = she not said here | stuff | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | not do | past | Queen | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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.
Sentence 2: Proper old-school chores?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 chores | amod |
| 2 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 school | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 old | punct |
| 4 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 chores | compound |
| 5 | chores | chore | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 chores | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she spun wool, it was fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 spun | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 spun | nsubj |
| 4 | spun | spin | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | wool | wool | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spun | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spun | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | expl |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 spun | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | past | she | wool | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent wool=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | past | she not said here | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yeah, spinning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 spinning | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 spinning | punct |
| 3 | spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 spinning | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spin | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, a distaff and flax, proper dull chore
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 distaff | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 distaff | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 distaff | det |
| 4 | distaff | distaff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 flax | cc |
| 6 | flax | flax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 distaff | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 chore | punct |
| 8 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chore | amod |
| 9 | dull | dull | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 chore | amod |
| 10 | chore | chore | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 distaff | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, a spindle and hemp, total grim job
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 spindle | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 spindle | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 spindle | det |
| 4 | spindle | spindle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hemp | cc |
| 6 | hemp | hemp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spindle | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 job | punct |
| 8 | total | total | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 job | amod |
| 9 | grim | grim | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 job | amod |
| 10 | job | job | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 spindle | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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