Test 11 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning fl…

Did the princess actually say yes to Tom, like, for real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: say · To what, where: Tom · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 2022 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Tom Ochlin: Tom fetches the burning flail from hell and the Danes run off» 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	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 say	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 say	advmod
5	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 say	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	8 Tom	case
8	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 yes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	INTJ	_	5 say	discourse
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 real	punct
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 real	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the princess		Tom			actually property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to tom=Recipient

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

Yeah, she came over, took both of his hands in hers, and said she would marry him at once

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 said	advcl
5	over	over	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 took	punct
7	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 took	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 hands	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 hands	nmod:poss
11	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 both	nmod
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 hers	case
13	hers	her	PRON	Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 took	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 said	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 said	cc
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 marry	nsubj
18	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 marry	aux
19	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 said	ccomp
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 marry	obj
21	at	at	ADP	_	22 once	case
22	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	19 marry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	come over	past	she		over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	take	past	she not said here	both	in hers = she	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent both=Value in her=Location
3	say speech: assert	past				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	marry	would	she	him = he		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2

Nah, she didn't say yes exactly, but she came over and sat beside him, then kissed his cheek and walked away

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 say	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 say	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 say	advmod
6	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 say	obj
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	6 say	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 came	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 came	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 came	nsubj
12	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	parataxis
13	over	over	ADV	_	12 came	advmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sat	cc
15	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 came	conj
16	beside	beside	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sat	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 kissed	punct
19	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	20 kissed	advmod
20	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 say	parataxis
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 cheek	nmod:poss
22	cheek	cheek	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 kissed	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 walked	cc
24	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 kissed	conj
25	away	away	ADV	_	24 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	not say speech: assert	past · do-support	she			exactly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent yes=Topic
2	come over	past	she			over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sit	past	she not said here			beside him = he	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent beside he=Location
4	kiss	past		his cheek	then		vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheek=Co-Agent
5	walk away	past				away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she came over and held his hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 came	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 came	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	over	over	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 held	cc
7	held	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 hands	nmod:poss
9	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 held	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come over	past	she					over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hold	past	she not said here	his hands					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 4

Nah, she turned her back on him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 turned	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	nsubj
4	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turned	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	past	she	her back				on him = he	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent back=Theme

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