Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…
Did the Princess actually fancy staying in that birdy place, or was she going to bolt?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Princess · What happens: do, stay, go, bolt · To what, where: Princess, birdy place
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Princess | det |
| 3 | Princess | Princess | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Did | obj |
| 4 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 5 fancy | advmod |
| 5 | fancy | fancy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Did | advcl |
| 6 | staying | stay | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 fancy | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 place | det |
| 9 | birdy | birdy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 place | compound |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 staying | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 going | punct |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 going | cc |
| 13 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 going | aux |
| 14 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 going | nsubj |
| 15 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 staying | conj |
| 16 | to | to | PART | _ | 17 bolt | mark |
| 17 | bolt | bolt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 15 going | xcomp |
| 18 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the Princess | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | stay | gerund | that birdy place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | |||||
| 3 | go | past · progressive | Princess | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 4 | bolt | to-infinitive | Princess not said here | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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
No, she wanted off, it was too weird here
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 wanted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 wanted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wanted | nsubj |
| 4 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 4 wanted | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 weird | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 weird | nsubj |
| 8 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 10 weird | cop |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 weird | advmod |
| 10 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wanted | conj |
| 11 | here | here | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 weird | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want off | past | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 2 | is | past | it | here | weird property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nah, she bolted.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 4 bolted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bolted | nsubj |
| 4 | bolted | bolt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 bolted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bolt | past | she | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
She fancied staying, it was dead lovely
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 | 2 fancied | nsubj |
| 2 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | staying | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fancied | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 staying | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 lovely | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 lovely | cop |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 lovely | amod |
| 8 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 staying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fancy | past | She | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | stay | gerund | She not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | past | it | lovely property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She fancied staying, it was dead nice there
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 | 2 fancied | nsubj |
| 2 | fancied | fancy | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | staying | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 fancied | xcomp |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 nice | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 nice | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 nice | cop |
| 7 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 nice | amod |
| 8 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fancied | parataxis |
| 9 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 nice | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fancy | past | She | vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | stay | gerund | She not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | past | it | there | nice property | tree rules |
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