Test 6 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, The Three Heads of the Well, part 34:…
Wicked, so the golden heads gave her beauty and a lovely voice, yeah?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: golden heads · What happens: give · To what, where: beauty
This is test 6 · ★ 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 | Wicked | wicked | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 gave | punct |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 gave | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 heads | det |
| 5 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 heads | amod |
| 6 | heads | head | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 gave | nsubj |
| 7 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Wicked | parataxis |
| 8 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 beauty | nmod:poss |
| 9 | beauty | beauty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gave | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 voice | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 voice | det |
| 12 | lovely | lovely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 voice | amod |
| 13 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 beauty | conj |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wicked | punct |
| 15 | yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 1 Wicked | discourse |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Wicked | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the golden heads | her beauty and a lovely voice | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent beauty=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, and a voice better than a nightingale
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 better | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 better | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 better | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 voice | det |
| 5 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 better | nsubj |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 nightingale | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 nightingale | det |
| 9 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 better | obl |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yeah, and she got a voice better than a nightingale and a golden crown on her head
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 5 got | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 got | cc |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 voice | det |
| 7 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 8 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 got | xcomp |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 nightingale | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 nightingale | det |
| 11 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 better | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 crown | cc |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 crown | det |
| 14 | golden | golden | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 crown | amod |
| 15 | crown | crown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 nightingale | conj |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 head | case |
| 17 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 head | nmod:poss |
| 18 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 crown | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | she | a voice | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer voice=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yeah, plus a sweet tone, like a songbird
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 tone | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 tone | punct |
| 3 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 6 tone | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tone | det |
| 5 | sweet | sweet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tone | amod |
| 6 | tone | tone | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 songbird | punct |
| 8 | like | like | ADP | _ | 10 songbird | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 songbird | det |
| 10 | songbird | songbird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 tone | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
Yeah, and a voice better than a nightingale, plus a face that made the whole court stare
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 6 better | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 better | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 better | cc |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 voice | det |
| 5 | voice | voice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 better | nsubj |
| 6 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 nightingale | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 nightingale | det |
| 9 | nightingale | nightingale | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 better | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 face | punct |
| 11 | plus | plus | CCONJ | _ | 13 face | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 face | det |
| 13 | face | face | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 nightingale | appos |
| 14 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 15 made | nsubj |
| 15 | made | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 13 face | acl:relcl |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 stare | det |
| 17 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 stare | amod |
| 18 | court | court | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 stare | compound |
| 19 | stare | stare | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 made | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | a face | the whole court stare | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset stare=Product |
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