Test 2 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the…

wait, why'd the princess go all sus when Jack said "a-feeshing"

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, princess, Jack · What happens: wait, go, say · To what, where: sus · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 266 «English Fairy Tales, Princess of Canterbury: Jack wins the princess with an egg, a stick, a nut and fish» 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	conj
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 sus	det
9	sus	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obj
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 said	advmod
11	Jack	Jack	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	advcl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 feeshing	punct
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 feeshing	det
15	-	-	PUNCT	_	14 a	punct
16	feeshing	feeshing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	ccomp
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 feeshing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	infinitive	the princess	all sus	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location sus=Theme
3	say speech: assert	past	Jack		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Cos fishing is a rude word in the palace and she found it offensive to hear

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fishing	compound
2	fishing	fishing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 word	det
5	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 word	amod
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 word	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 found	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 found	nsubj
12	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 word	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 found	obj
14	offensive	offensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 found	xcomp
15	to	to	PART	_	16 hear	mark
16	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 offensive	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Cos fishing	a rude word	the palace		tree rules
2	find	past	she	fishing		offensive property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	hear	to-infinitive	fishing not said here				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Cos he never fished before

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	4 fished	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 fished	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 fished	advmod
4	fished	fish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	before	before	ADV	_	4 fished	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fish	past	he					before property	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Cos fish don't live in halls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 live	mark
2	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 live	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 halls	case
7	halls	hall	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not live	present · do-support	fish			halls			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in hall=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Cos there's no pond in the hall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cos	Cos	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 pond	det
5	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 hall	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 hall	det
8	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pond	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	Cos			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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