Test 6 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1…

Boss, what's the seamstress doing with her hands?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Boss, seamstress · What happens: be, do · To what, where: seamstress

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 2031 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Happy Prince, part 1: the Swallow meets the weeping statue and agrees to help» 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	Boss	boss	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 seamstress	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 seamstress	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 seamstress	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seamstress	det
6	seamstress	seamstress	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Boss	appos
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 seamstress	acl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 hands	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hands	nmod:poss
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 doing	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Boss	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Boss	the seamstress					tree rules
2	do	gerund	the seamstress not said here					with her hands	vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Stitching a shirt with daisies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stitching	stitch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 shirt	det
3	shirt	shirt	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stitching	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 daisies	case
5	daisies	daisy	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stitching	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stitch	gerund		a shirt				with daisies	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient PP.instrument»: agent=Agent shirt=Patient with daisy=Instrument

Option 2

Embroidering a cloak with roses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Embroidering	embroider	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 cloak	det
3	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Embroidering	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 roses	case
5	roses	rose	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Embroidering	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	embroider	gerund		a cloak				with roses	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: agent=Agent cloak=Destination with rose=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Sewing a gown with passion-flowers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gown	det
3	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sewing	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	7 flowers	case
5	passion	passion	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flowers	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 passion	punct
7	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Sewing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	gerund		a gown				with passion flowers	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent gown=Patient with flower=Co-Patient

Option 4

Sewing a long satin gown covered with passion-flowers for the duchess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sewing	sew	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 gown	det
3	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 gown	amod
4	satin	satin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gown	compound
5	gown	gown	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sewing	obj
6	covered	cover	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 gown	acl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 flowers	case
8	passion	passion	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 flowers	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 passion	punct
10	flowers	flower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 covered	obl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 duchess	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 duchess	det
13	duchess	duchess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sewing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sew	gerund		a long satin gown				for the duchess	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent gown=Material for duchess=Beneficiary
2	cover	participle		a long satin gown not said here				with passion flowers	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with flower=Theme

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