Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Princess Rosette, part 56: the Princess runs…

Wicked, the Black Bird just swooped in and was like "What you want, sis?", right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Black Bird, sis, you · What happens: swoop, be, want

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 swooped	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 Bird	det
4	Black	Black	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Bird	compound
5	Bird	Bird	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 swooped	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 swooped	advmod
7	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wicked	parataxis
8	in	in	ADV	_	7 swooped	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 What	cc
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 What	cop
11	like	like	ADP	_	13 What	case
12	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 What	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 swooped	advcl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 want	nsubj
15	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 What	acl:relcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 sis	punct
17	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 What	nsubj
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 What	punct
19	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 What	punct
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Wicked	punct
21	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wicked	discourse
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wicked	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	swoop	past	the Black Bird	tree rules
2	is in a quote	past	sis	tree rules
3	want in a quote	present	you	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

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

Nah, he hovered way up high in the clouds, all calm and sleepy, and asked the Princess politely what she wanted to eat

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 hovered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hovered	nsubj
4	hovered	hover	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hovered	obj
6	up	up	ADV	_	7 high	advmod
7	high	high	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 hovered	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 clouds	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 clouds	det
10	clouds	cloud	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hovered	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 all	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 clouds	conj
13	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 all	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sleepy	cc
15	sleepy	sleepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 calm	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 asked	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 asked	cc
18	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 hovered	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 Princess	det
20	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	18 asked	obj
21	politely	politely	ADV	_	22 what	advmod
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 asked	obj
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 wanted	nsubj
24	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 what	acl:relcl
25	to	to	PART	_	26 eat	mark
26	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 wanted	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	hover	past	he	way		the clouds	high property	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme
2	ask speech: ask	past	he not said here		the Princess			tree rules
3	want	past	Princess					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	eat not said to happen	to-infinitive	Princess not said here					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, he kept his distance, all quiet and calm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 distance	nmod:poss
6	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kept	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 quiet	punct
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 quiet	advmod
9	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kept	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 calm	cc
11	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 quiet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	he	his distance					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he landed at her feet, all creepy and loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 landed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 landed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 landed	nsubj
4	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 feet	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 feet	nmod:poss
7	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 landed	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 creepy	punct
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	10 creepy	det
10	creepy	creepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 landed	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 loud	cc
12	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 creepy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	land	past	he			her feet			vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he swooped in, landed at her feet, all creepy and loud, and then demanded the Princess tell him everything

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swooped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swooped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swooped	nsubj
4	swooped	swoop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 swooped	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 landed	punct
7	landed	land	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swooped	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 feet	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 feet	nmod:poss
10	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 landed	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 creepy	punct
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 creepy	det
13	creepy	creepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 swooped	conj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 loud	cc
15	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 creepy	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 demanded	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 demanded	cc
18	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 demanded	advmod
19	demanded	demand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 swooped	conj
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 Princess	det
21	Princess	Princess	PROPN	Number=Sing	22 tell	nsubj
22	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 demanded	ccomp
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 tell	iobj
24	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	22 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	roles by
1	swoop	past	he					tree rules
2	land	past	he not said here			her feet		vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	demand speech: request	past	he not said here				then	vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Theme clause=Precondition
4	tell speech: assert	infinitive	the Princess	everything	him = he			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient everything=Topic

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