Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the…
why'd the widow go from mad to happy, bro?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: widow · What happens: go · To what, where: mad
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 670 «Fairy Tales (pg2435), The Boy Who Could Keep A Secret: the king adopts the boy, and the sword slides home» 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 go | advmod |
| 2 | 'd | 'd | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 widow | det |
| 4 | widow | widow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 mad | case |
| 7 | mad | mad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 happy | case |
| 9 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 go | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 bro | punct |
| 11 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 go | parataxis |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | infinitive | the widow | mad | to happy | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme from mad=Initial_Location to happy=Destination |
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 king offered her boy a fine horse and a big bag of gold to take home
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | nsubj |
| 3 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 offered | iobj |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 horse | det |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 horse | amod |
| 8 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bag | cc |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bag | det |
| 11 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 bag | amod |
| 12 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 horse | conj |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 gold | case |
| 14 | gold | gold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bag | nmod |
| 15 | to | to | PART | _ | 16 take | mark |
| 16 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 offered | advcl |
| 17 | home | home | ADV | _ | 16 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | the king | boy | her = she | tree rules | |||
| 2 | take | to-infinitive | the king not said here | home property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
the king offered her son a fine palace life and a princess for a wife, so she calmed down
The tree, 19 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | nsubj |
| 3 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 offered | iobj |
| 5 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 life | det |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 life | amod |
| 8 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 life | compound |
| 9 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | obl:unmarked |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 princess | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 princess | det |
| 12 | princess | princess | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 life | conj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 wife | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 wife | det |
| 15 | wife | wife | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 princess | nmod |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 calmed | punct |
| 17 | so | so | ADV | _ | 19 calmed | advmod |
| 18 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 calmed | nsubj |
| 19 | calmed | calm | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 offered | conj |
| 20 | down | down | ADP | _ | 19 calmed | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | the king | son | her = she | a fine palace life and a princess for a wife obl:unmarked | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal son=Theme | ||
| 2 | calm down | participle | wife | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
the king gave her boy riches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gave | nsubj |
| 3 | gave | give | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 gave | iobj |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 riches | compound |
| 6 | riches | rich | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 gave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | past | the king | boy riches | her = she | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient rich=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
the king offered her boy a palace life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 king | det |
| 2 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | nsubj |
| 3 | offered | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 offered | iobj |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | obj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 life | det |
| 7 | palace | palace | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 life | compound |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 offered | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | past | the king | boy | her = she | a palace life obl:unmarked | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent she=Goal boy=Theme |
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