Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells G…

where was the princess sitting, like a throne or summat?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princess · What happens: be, sit

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 290 «Andersen's Tales, The Snow Queen, part 17: a Raven tells Gerda that Kay is living with a Princess» 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	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 where	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 where	nsubj
5	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 princess	acl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 throne	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 throne	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 throne	det
9	throne	throne	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sitting	obl
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 summat	cc
11	summat	summat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 throne	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the princess					where property	tree rules
2	sit	gerund	the princess not said here					like a throne or summat	vn assuming_position-50 «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 · ✓ the right answer

On a pearl as big as a spinning-wheel, dead posh

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 pearl	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pearl	det
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 posh	obl
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pearl	amod
6	as	as	ADP	_	10 wheel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wheel	det
8	spinning	spinning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wheel	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 spinning	punct
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 big	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 pearl	punct
12	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 posh	amod
13	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

On a crystal stool, dead fancy and very lovely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 stool	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stool	det
3	crystal	crystal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stool	amod
4	stool	stool	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fancy	punct
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fancy	amod
7	fancy	fancy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stool	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 lovely	cc
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 lovely	advmod
10	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stool	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

On a pearl as big as a spinning-wheel, sitting up grand and dead posh

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	3 pearl	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pearl	det
3	pearl	pearl	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 big	advmod
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pearl	amod
6	as	as	ADP	_	10 wheel	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wheel	det
8	spinning	spinning	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wheel	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 spinning	punct
10	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 big	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sitting	punct
12	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 pearl	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 sitting	compound:prt
14	grand	grand	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sitting	xcomp
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 dead	cc
16	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grand	conj
17	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grand	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit up	gerund						grand property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

On a velvet cushion, placed on a marble step

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 cushion	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cushion	det
3	velvet	velvet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cushion	compound
4	cushion	cushion	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 placed	punct
6	placed	place	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 cushion	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 step	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 step	det
9	marble	marble	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 step	amod
10	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 placed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	place	participle		a velvet cushion not said here				on a marble step	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on step=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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