Test 4 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests…

so the girl says she's royal, is she legit or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 276 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Real Princess: a Prince tests a wet visitor with three peas» 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	so	so	ADV	_	4 says	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 royal	nsubj
6	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 royal	cop
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 legit	punct
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 legit	cop
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 legit	nsubj
11	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 nah	cc
13	nah	nah	INTJ	_	11 legit	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the girl		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	girl	royal property	tree rules
3	is	present	girl	legit property	tree rules

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

she claims it and the prince believes her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claims	nsubj
2	claims	claim	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 claims	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 believes	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 prince	det
6	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 believes	nsubj
7	believes	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 claims	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 believes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	claim speech: other	present	she	it					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	believe	present	the prince	her = she					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 2

she says so and the queen-mother wants proof, so she sets a secret test in the bed tonight

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wants	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mother	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 queen	punct
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wants	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 sets	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	14 sets	advmod
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sets	nsubj
14	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 test	det
16	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 test	amod
17	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sets	obj
18	in	in	ADP	_	20 bed	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 bed	det
20	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sets	obl
21	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 sets	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	the queen mother	proof			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme
3	set	present	mother	a secret test	the bed	tonight	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent test=Theme in bed=Destination

Option 3

she says it's true, but the queen-mother wants proof and the king says the girl is a thief from the village

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 true	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 true	cop
5	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wants	punct
7	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 wants	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mother	det
9	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 mother	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 queen	punct
11	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wants	nsubj
12	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	parataxis
13	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wants	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 says	cc
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	nsubj
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 wants	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 girl	det
19	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 thief	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 thief	cop
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 thief	det
22	thief	thief	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	ccomp
23	from	from	ADP	_	25 village	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 village	det
25	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 thief	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it			true property	tree rules
3	want	present	the queen mother	proof			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme
4	say speech: assert	present	the king				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	the girl	a thief	the village		tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she says so and the queen-mother wants proof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	so	so	ADV	_	2 says	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 wants	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mother	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 mother	compound
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 queen	punct
8	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wants	nsubj
9	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
10	proof	proof	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 wants	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	want	present	the queen mother	proof					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot proof=Theme

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