Test 10 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…
Is it true the frog was a prince all along, like a fairy story cheat?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, true frog · What happens: be · To what, where: prince
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1975 «English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34: the princess helps three golden heads, wins a king, and her stepsister is sent off with sweets» 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 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 true | nsubj |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 frog | amod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 frog | det |
| 5 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prince | nsubj |
| 6 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 prince | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 prince | det |
| 8 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 along | advmod |
| 10 | along | along | ADV | _ | 8 prince | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 cheat | punct |
| 12 | like | like | ADP | _ | 16 cheat | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 cheat | det |
| 14 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 story | compound |
| 15 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cheat | compound |
| 16 | cheat | cheat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 prince | conj |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 prince | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | past | the true frog | a prince and a story cheat | along property | tree rules |
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 was born a frog, no spell
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 5 born | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nah | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 born | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 born | aux:pass |
| 5 | born | bear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 frog | det |
| 7 | frog | frog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 born | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 spell | punct |
| 9 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 10 spell | det |
| 10 | spell | spell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 frog | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bear | past · passive | he | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary frog=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, he was spelled by a wicked magician
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 spelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 spelled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spelled | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spelled | aux:pass |
| 5 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 magician | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 magician | det |
| 8 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 magician | amod |
| 9 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spelled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spell | past · passive | a wicked magician | he | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
Option 3
Yeah, he was spelled by a wicked magician who lived in the mountains and hated princes
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 spelled | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 spelled | punct |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 spelled | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 spelled | aux:pass |
| 5 | spelled | spell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 magician | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 magician | det |
| 8 | wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 magician | amod |
| 9 | magician | magician | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 spelled | obl |
| 10 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 11 lived | nsubj |
| 11 | lived | live | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 magician | acl:relcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 mountains | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 mountains | det |
| 14 | mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 lived | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 princes | cc |
| 16 | hated | hate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 princes | amod |
| 17 | princes | prince | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 spelled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spell | past · passive | a wicked magician | he | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme | ||||
| 2 | live | past | a wicked magician | the mountains | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mountain=Location | ||||
| 3 | hate | participle | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, a cruel fairy cursed him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 fairy | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 fairy | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 fairy | det |
| 4 | cruel | cruel | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 fairy | amod |
| 5 | fairy | fairy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | cursed | curse | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 fairy | acl |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 cursed | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | curse | participle | a cruel fairy not said here | fairy | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme |
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