Test 11 · ★ · Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the…

so the old lady was flattering the dragon just to get the secret, right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: flatter, get · To what, where: dragon, secret

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 673 «Magyar Folk Tales, The Prince And The Dragon, part 13: the youngest prince refuses the hare and the old woman hunts the dragon's secret» 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	_	6 flattering	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flattering	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 flattering	aux
6	flattering	flatter	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dragon	det
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flattering	obj
9	just	just	ADV	_	11 get	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 flattering	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 secret	det
13	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 get	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	6 flattering	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 flattering	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatter	past · progressive	the old lady	the dragon					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus dragon=Experiencer
2	get	to-infinitive		the secret					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus

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

Yeah, she tricked him with a song

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tricked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tricked	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	nsubj
4	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tricked	obj
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 song	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 song	det
8	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tricked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trick	past	she	him = he				with a song	vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she praised his fire and his great strength so he would tell her the secret of his power

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 praised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 praised	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 praised	nsubj
4	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 fire	nmod:poss
6	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 praised	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 strength	cc
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 strength	nmod:poss
9	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 strength	amod
10	strength	strength	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 fire	conj
11	so	so	SCONJ	_	14 tell	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 tell	aux
14	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 praised	advcl
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 tell	iobj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 secret	det
17	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tell	obj
18	of	of	ADP	_	20 power	case
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 power	nmod:poss
20	power	power	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 secret	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	praise	past	she	his fire and his great strength		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fire=Theme
2	tell speech: assert	would	he	the secret of his power	her = she	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient secret=Topic
3	fire		his = he			nom fire «event transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Yeah, she flattered him endlessly for hours, then she sneaked the secret out of him with a clever smile

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 flattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 flattered	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flattered	nsubj
4	flattered	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 flattered	obj
6	endlessly	endlessly	ADV	_	4 flattered	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 hours	case
8	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 flattered	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 sneaked	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 sneaked	advmod
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sneaked	nsubj
12	sneaked	sneak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flattered	conj
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 secret	det
14	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sneaked	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	17 him	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 him	case
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sneaked	obl
18	with	with	ADP	_	21 smile	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 smile	det
20	clever	clever	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 smile	amod
21	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sneaked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatter	past	she	him = he			hour	endlessly property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	sneak	past	she	the secret			then	out him = he; with a clever smile	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent secret=Theme out he=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she praised him to get the secret

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 praised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 praised	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 praised	nsubj
4	praised	praise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 praised	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 praised	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 secret	det
9	secret	secret	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	praise	past	she	him = he					vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	get	to-infinitive	she not said here	the secret					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer secret=Stimulus

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