Test 9 · ★ · Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedg…

Did the King's girl actually fancy Jack at the start?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do · To what, where: girl, start

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1930 «Folk Tales, Jack My Hedgehog and The Golden Lads: the hedgehog hero's bride is cast off, his skin burns, and a golden fish brings a castle» 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 King	det
3	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 girl	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 King	case
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 fancy	advmod
7	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
8	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fancy	appos
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 start	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 start	det
11	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the King's girl		the start		fancy obl	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Eventuality

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

Nah, she was a bit scared but she said she had to leave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 scared	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 scared	obl:unmarked
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	conj
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 leave	mark
14	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	she	a bit obl:unmarked; scared property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	she		tree rules
4	leave	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, she was a bit startled but she said she had to go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 startled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 startled	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 startled	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bit	det
6	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 startled	nsubj
7	startled	startle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 said	cc
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 said	nsubj
10	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 startled	conj
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 had	nsubj
12	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 said	ccomp
13	to	to	PART	_	14 go	mark
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	she	startle property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	she		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	she		tree rules
4	go	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, she fancied him right from the start and kissed him at the gate, bruv, then said she had to leave

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 fancied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 fancied	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fancied	nsubj
4	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fancied	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	9 start	advmod
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 start	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 start	det
9	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fancied	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kissed	cc
11	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancied	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 kissed	obj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 gate	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 kissed	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 bruv	punct
17	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 gate	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 said	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 said	advmod
20	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancied	conj
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 had	nsubj
22	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 said	ccomp
23	to	to	PART	_	24 leave	mark
24	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 had	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	fancy	past	she	him = he	the start		vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	kiss	past	she not said here	him = he	the gate and bruv		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Co-Agent
3	say speech: assert	past	she not said here			then	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	past	she				tree rules
5	leave	to-infinitive	she not said here				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nah, mate, she was a bit startled by him at first, but she said she had to go home to her father anyway

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	8 bit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Nah	vocative
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bit	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bit	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	startled	startle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 bit	acl
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 startled	obl
12	at	at	ADP	_	13 first	case
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 startled	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 said	punct
15	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 said	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 said	nsubj
17	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bit	conj
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 said	ccomp
20	to	to	PART	_	21 go	mark
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 had	xcomp
22	home	home	ADV	_	21 go	advmod
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 father	case
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 father	nmod:poss
25	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl
26	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	21 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	a bit		tree rules
2	startle	participle		a bit not said here	by him = he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	past	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	have	past	she			tree rules
5	go	to-infinitive	she not said here		to her father; anyway, home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to father=Initial_Location

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