Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

So the lady pulled the rope again, and that was mega-loud clanging, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lady · What happens: pull · To what, where: rope

This is test 7 · ★ 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 pulled	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lady	det
3	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	nsubj
4	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rope	det
6	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pulled	obj
7	again	again	ADV	_	4 pulled	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mega	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 mega	cc
10	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 mega	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 mega	cop
12	mega	mega	X	_	4 pulled	obj
13	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 clanging	punct
14	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 clanging	amod
15	clanging	clanging	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 mega	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 mega	punct
17	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	12 mega	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 pulled	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	the lady	the rope			again		vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent rope=Theme mega=Result

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

Yep, loud clanging, and then a little sparrow flew in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 clanging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clanging	amod
4	clanging	clanging	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flew	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 flew	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 flew	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 sparrow	det
9	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sparrow	amod
10	sparrow	sparrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 flew	nsubj
11	flew	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 clanging	acl:relcl
12	in	in	ADP	_	11 flew	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly in	past	a little sparrow	loud clanging not said here			then		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location clanging=Theme

Option 2

Nah, it was soft, then a jay landed on the rope

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 soft	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 soft	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 soft	cop
5	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 jay	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 jay	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 jay	det
9	jay	jay	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soft	obl
10	landed	land	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 jay	acl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 rope	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rope	det
13	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 landed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it					a jay obl; soft property	tree rules
2	land	participle		a jay not said here		the rope			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on rope=Destination

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, proper racket, then a huge Black Bird turned up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 racket	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 racket	amod
4	racket	racket	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turned	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 turned	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 turned	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Bird	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Bird	amod
9	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Bird	amod
10	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 turned	nsubj
11	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 turned	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	past	proper racket				then		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yep, loud clanging, and then a Black Bird came

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 clanging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 clanging	amod
4	clanging	clanging	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 came	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 came	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 came	advmod
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 Bird	det
9	Black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 Bird	amod
10	Bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 came	nsubj
11	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a Black Bird				then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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