Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

Wait, the Princess pulled that silver string and it went ding-dong bells everywhere, right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Princess, string · What happens: wait, pull, go · To what, where: silver string, dong bells

This is test 4 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 pulled	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Princess	det
4	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	nsubj
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 string	mark
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 string	compound
8	string	string	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 went	cc
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 went	nsubj
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pulled	conj
12	ding	ding	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 dong	compound
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	12 ding	punct
14	dong	dong	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bells	compound
15	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 went	obj
16	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	11 went	advmod
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct
18	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	pull	past	the Princess	silver string		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent string=Theme
3	go	past	string	dong bells	everywhere property	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme

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

Yeah, mad sound, proper chiming, the birds came swarming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sound	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sound	punct
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	amod
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proper	punct
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	amod
7	chiming	chime	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 proper	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 birds	det
10	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	swarming	swarm	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 came	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	chime	gerund	mad sound not said here	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	past	mad sound	tree rules
3	swarm	gerund	mad sound not said here	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, mad sound, proper chiming bells all over the place, then the whole flock of birds came swarming down from the trees

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sound	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sound	punct
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	amod
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 proper	punct
6	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sound	amod
7	chiming	chime	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 proper	advcl
8	bells	bell	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chiming	obj
9	all	all	ADV	_	12 place	advmod
10	over	over	ADP	_	12 place	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 place	det
12	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chiming	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 flock	punct
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 flock	advmod
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 flock	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 flock	amod
17	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sound	conj
18	of	of	ADP	_	19 birds	case
19	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 flock	nmod
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
21	swarming	swarm	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 came	advcl
22	down	down	ADV	_	21 swarming	advmod
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 trees	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 trees	det
25	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	21 swarming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	chime	gerund	mad sound and the whole flock of birds not said here	bells	the place		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme
2	come	past	mad sound and the whole flock of birds				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	swarm down	gerund	mad sound and the whole flock of birds not said here		the trees	down property	vn swarm-47.5.1-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, it was a weird silence, then a lady with a pole came out and shouted at everyone in the garden for ages

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 silence	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 silence	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 silence	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 silence	det
6	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 silence	amod
7	silence	silence	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 came	nsubj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 lady	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 lady	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lady	det
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 silence	conj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 pole	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 pole	det
14	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lady	nmod
15	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	out	out	ADV	_	15 came	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 shouted	cc
18	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 came	conj
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 everyone	case
20	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 shouted	obl
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 garden	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 garden	det
23	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 shouted	obl
24	for	for	ADP	_	25 ages	case
25	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	it	a weird silence and a lady with a pole				tree rules
2	come out	past	a weird silence and a lady with a pole				out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient
3	shout speech: express	past	a weird silence and a lady with a pole not said here		everyone	for ages	in the garden	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for age=Recipient

Option 4

Yeah, loud ringing, and then the birds all swooped in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ringing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ringing	punct
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ringing	amod
4	ringing	ringing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 swooped	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 swooped	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 swooped	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 birds	det
9	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 swooped	nsubj
10	all	all	ADV	_	11 swooped	advmod
11	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ringing	conj
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 swooped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swoop	past	the birds				then	all property	tree rules

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