Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…

did the prince actually get to talk to her, or just stare?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: do, get, talk, stare · To what, where: prince, her

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 stare	advcl
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 did	obj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 get	advmod
5	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 did	advcl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 talk	mark
7	talk	talk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 get	xcomp
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 talk	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 stare	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 stare	cc
12	just	just	ADV	_	13 stare	advmod
13	stare	stare	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 stare	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	you not said here	the prince			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Eventuality
2	get	present	you not said here			actually property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	talk	to-infinitive	you not said here		her = she		vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to she=Co-Agent
4	stare	imperative	you not said here				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: 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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, he spoke, and she answered him kindly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 spoke	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 spoke	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spoke	nsubj
4	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 answered	punct
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 answered	cc
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 answered	nsubj
8	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spoke	parataxis
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 answered	obj
10	kindly	kindly	ADV	_	8 answered	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	he						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	answer speech: assert	past	she		him = he			kindly property	vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Eventuality

Option 2

No, he just stared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 stared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stared	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 stared	advmod
5	stared	stare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stare	past	he						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He tried, but she just smiled and shook her head

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 smiled	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 smiled	cc
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 smiled	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 smiled	advmod
7	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 shook	cc
9	shook	shake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 head	nmod:poss
11	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shook	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	try	past	He		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	smile	past	she		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	shake	past	He not said here	her head	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient

Option 4

Yes, they talked all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 talked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	nsubj
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 talked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	they				night		vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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