Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits…
Proper weird, what was the raven singing when the prince rode?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: weird raven · What happens: be, sing · To what, where: weird raven, prince rode
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 258 «English Fairy Tales, Rushen Coatie: the glass slipper fits the girl in the rushen coatie» 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 | Proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 weird | amod |
| 2 | weird | weird | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 raven | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 raven | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 raven | nsubj |
| 5 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 raven | cop |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 raven | det |
| 7 | raven | raven | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | singing | sing | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 raven | acl |
| 9 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 12 rode | advmod |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rode | det |
| 11 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rode | compound |
| 12 | rode | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 singing | obl |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 raven | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | past | the weird raven | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | sing speech: express | gerund | the weird raven not said here | the prince rode | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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 bride is false, her heels are hacked and her toes are pinched all through
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bride | det |
| 2 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 false | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 false | cop |
| 4 | false | false | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 hacked | punct |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 heels | nmod:poss |
| 7 | heels | heel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 hacked | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hacked | aux:pass |
| 9 | hacked | hack | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 false | parataxis |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 pinched | cc |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 toes | nmod:poss |
| 12 | toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 pinched | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 pinched | aux:pass |
| 14 | pinched | pinch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 hacked | conj |
| 15 | all | all | ADV | _ | 16 through | advmod |
| 16 | through | through | ADV | _ | 14 pinched | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the bride | false property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hack | present · passive | bride's heels | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product | |||||
| 3 | pinch | present · passive | bride's toes | through property | vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Hackèd Heels and Pinchèd Toes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hackèd | Hackèd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 Heels | compound |
| 2 | Heels | heel | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 Toes | cc |
| 4 | Pinchèd | Pinchèd | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 Toes | compound |
| 5 | Toes | toe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 Heels | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Turn back the prince, for the shoe is full of blood and the bride is not the one
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 prince | det |
| 4 | prince | prince | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 full | punct |
| 6 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 10 full | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shoe | det |
| 8 | shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 full | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 full | cop |
| 10 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Turn | parataxis |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 blood | case |
| 12 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 full | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 19 one | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 bride | det |
| 15 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 one | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 one | cop |
| 17 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 19 one | advmod |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 one | det |
| 19 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 full | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn back | imperative | you not said here | the prince | vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the shoe | of blood; full property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | not is a | present | the bride | the one | tree rules |
Option 4
Shoe of gold, the bride is cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoe | shoe | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 cold | nsubj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 3 gold | case |
| 3 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shoe | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 bride | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bride | det |
| 6 | bride | bride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shoe | conj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 cold | cop |
| 8 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Shoe of gold and the bride | cold property | tree rules |
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