Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…
Imagine that Fairy calling her "a little Princess" with a face like that, eh? She was not chuffed.
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: imagine, call, not chuff · To what, where: Fairy · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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: Imagine that Fairy calling her "a little Princess" with a face like that, eh?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imagine | imagine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 Fairy | det |
| 3 | Fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Imagine | obj |
| 4 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Imagine | xcomp |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 calling | obj |
| 6 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Princess | punct |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 Princess | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 Princess | amod |
| 9 | Princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calling | xcomp |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 Princess | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 face | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 face | det |
| 13 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 calling | obl |
| 14 | like | like | ADP | _ | 15 that | case |
| 15 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 calling | obl |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 eh | punct |
| 17 | eh | eh | INTJ | _ | 1 Imagine | discourse |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Imagine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | imagine | imperative | you not said here | that Fairy | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | call | gerund | you not said here | Fairy | with a face; like that | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=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.
Sentence 2: She was not chuffed.
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 | 4 chuffed | nsubj |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 chuffed | advmod |
| 4 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 chuffed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not chuff | past · passive | Fairy | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she gave her a right significant look and vanished
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 look | det |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 look | amod |
| 8 | significant | significant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 look | amod |
| 9 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 vanished | cc |
| 11 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | she | a right significant look | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient look=Theme | |||
| 2 | vanish | past | she not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yeah, she frowned and then sort of faded out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 frowned | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 frowned | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 frowned | nsubj |
| 4 | frowned | frown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 faded | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 faded | advmod |
| 7 | sort | sort | NOUN | ExtPos=ADV Number=Sing | 9 faded | advmod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 sort | fixed |
| 9 | faded | fade | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 frowned | conj |
| 10 | out | out | ADP | _ | 9 faded | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frown | past | she | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | fade out | participle | she not said here | then | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Nah, she patted her on the head, offered her a sweet, and then waved goodbye as she walked off across the field
The tree, 22 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 patted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 patted | nsubj |
| 4 | patted | pat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 patted | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 head | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 head | det |
| 8 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 patted | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 offered | punct |
| 10 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 patted | conj |
| 11 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 offered | iobj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 sweet | det |
| 13 | sweet | sweet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 offered | obj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 waved | punct |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 waved | cc |
| 16 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 17 waved | advmod |
| 17 | waved | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 patted | conj |
| 18 | goodbye | goodbye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 waved | obj |
| 19 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 21 walked | mark |
| 20 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 walked | nsubj |
| 21 | walked | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 17 waved | advcl |
| 22 | off | off | ADP | _ | 21 walked | compound:prt |
| 23 | across | across | ADP | _ | 25 field | case |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 25 field | det |
| 25 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 walked | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pat | past | she | her = she | on the head | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.instrument»: agent=Agent she=Experiencer on head=Theme | |||
| 2 | offer | past | she not said here | a sweet | her = she | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal sweet=Theme | |||
| 3 | wave | past | she not said here | goodbye | then | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goodbye=Patient | |||
| 4 | walk off | past | she | the field | vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yeah, she gave her a right significant look, frowned, and then just vanished into thin air with a puff of smoke
The tree, 21 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 gave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 gave | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | nsubj |
| 4 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 gave | iobj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 look | det |
| 7 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 look | amod |
| 8 | significant | significant | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 look | amod |
| 9 | look | look | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 gave | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 frowned | punct |
| 11 | frowned | frown | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 look | conj |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 vanished | punct |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 vanished | cc |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 vanished | advmod |
| 15 | just | just | ADV | _ | 16 vanished | advmod |
| 16 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 gave | conj |
| 17 | into | into | ADP | _ | 19 air | case |
| 18 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 air | amod |
| 19 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 vanished | obl |
| 20 | with | with | ADP | _ | 22 puff | case |
| 21 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 22 puff | det |
| 22 | puff | puff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 vanished | obl |
| 23 | of | of | ADP | _ | 24 smoke | case |
| 24 | smoke | smoke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 22 puff | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | she | a right significant look | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient look=Theme | |||
| 2 | frown | participle | she not said here | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | vanish | past | she not said here | thin air | then | with a puff of smoke | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||
| 4 | puff | smoke | nom puff «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient |
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