Test 6 · ★ · Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl give…
Did the queen get on his case about being filthy?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen · What happens: do, get, be · To what, where: case
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 681 «Lang's fairy book, Paperarello, part 21: a magic curl gives the prince a castle, bread and a battle win» 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 | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 queen | det |
| 3 | queen | queen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Did | parataxis |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 case | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 case | nmod:poss |
| 7 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 10 filthy | case |
| 9 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 filthy | cop |
| 10 | filthy | filthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 case | nmod |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Did | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | the queen | his case | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on case=Source | ||||
| 3 | is | gerund | filthy property | tree rules |
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 shouted at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 shouted | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shouted | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shouted | nsubj |
| 4 | shouted | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 him | case |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shouted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | past | she | at him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Yeah, she made him scrub the kitchen floor and sent him to the stables all day
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 made | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 made | nsubj |
| 4 | made | make | 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 made | obj |
| 6 | scrub | scrub | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 made | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 floor | det |
| 8 | kitchen | kitchen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 floor | compound |
| 9 | floor | floor | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 scrub | obj |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 sent | cc |
| 11 | sent | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 made | conj |
| 12 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sent | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 stables | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 stables | det |
| 15 | stables | stable | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 sent | obl |
| 16 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 17 day | det |
| 17 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 made | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | past | she | him = he | day | tree rules | |||
| 2 | scrub | infinitive | him = he not said here | the kitchen floor | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent floor=Source | ||||
| 3 | send | past | she not said here | him = he | the stables | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to stable=Destination |
Option 3
Nah, but the king did, and he ordered him to take a bath in the moat right now
The tree, 18 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 6 did | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 did | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 did | cc |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 king | det |
| 5 | king | king | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 did | nsubj |
| 6 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 ordered | punct |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 ordered | cc |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ordered | nsubj |
| 10 | ordered | order | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 did | advcl |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 ordered | obj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 take | mark |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 ordered | xcomp |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bath | det |
| 15 | bath | bath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obj |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 moat | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 moat | det |
| 18 | moat | moat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 take | obl |
| 19 | right | right | ADV | _ | 20 now | advmod |
| 20 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | the king | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | order | past | king | him = he | vn order-58.3-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | king not said here | a bath | the moat | now | vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bath=Value in moat=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah, she said go wash up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 4 said | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yeah | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 said | ccomp |
| 6 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 go | xcomp |
| 7 | up | up | ADP | _ | 6 wash | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | she | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 3 | wash up | infinitive | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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