Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats…

So the princess just cried and cried, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: princess · What happens: cry

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 674 «Fairy Book, The Shepherd Prince, part 14: the prince beats the dragon, and the princess's kiss ends the fight» 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	_	5 cried	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cried	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 cried	advmod
5	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cried	cc
7	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cried	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cried	punct
9	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 cried	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 cried	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	the princess						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	cry speech: express	past	the princess not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

Yeah, she was in a right state, mate, poor thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 state	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 state	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 state	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 state	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 state	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 state	det
7	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 state	amod
8	state	state	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 mate	punct
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	vocative
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 thing	punct
12	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 thing	amod
13	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 state	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			a right state and poor thing		mate vocative	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, she was bawling her eyes out, proper sobbing, and then she begged her dad to call the whole thing off

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 bawling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bawling	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bawling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bawling	aux
5	bawling	bawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 begged	advcl
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bawling	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 bawling	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sobbing	punct
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sobbing	amod
11	sobbing	sobbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bawling	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 begged	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 begged	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 begged	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 begged	nsubj
16	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 dad	nmod:poss
18	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 begged	obj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 call	mark
20	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 begged	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 thing	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 thing	amod
23	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 call	obj
24	off	off	ADP	_	20 call	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	other	roles by
1	bawl out speech: other	past · progressive	she	her eyes			proper sobbing obl; out property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Topic
2	beg speech: request	past	she		her dad	then		vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient
3	call off speech: assert	to-infinitive	she not said here	the whole thing				vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent thing=Recipient

Option 3

Nah, she was angry and stomped off to her room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 angry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 angry	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	cop
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 stomped	cc
7	stomped	stomp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 angry	conj
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 stomped	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	11 room	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 room	nmod:poss
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stomped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					angry property	tree rules
2	stomp off	past	she not said here			her room			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to room=Destination

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

Yeah, she was bawling her eyes out, proper sobbing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 bawling	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bawling	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 bawling	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 bawling	aux
5	bawling	bawl	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 eyes	nmod:poss
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bawling	obj
8	out	out	ADV	_	5 bawling	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 sobbing	punct
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sobbing	amod
11	sobbing	sobbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bawling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bawl out speech: other	past · progressive	she	her eyes				proper sobbing obl; out property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Topic

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