Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

Bro, why'd the queen even let the robber dude get close to her?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: queen, Bro · What happens: let, get · To what, where: robber dude

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 684 «Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is blinded and goes to the giant» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 let	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 let	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 queen	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 queen	det
6	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	nsubj
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 let	advmod
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Bro	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dude	det
10	robber	robber	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dude	compound
11	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 let	obj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 get	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 close	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	infinitive	the queen	the robber dude					vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dude=Theme
2	get	present	Bro					close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

He scared her into thinking he was a prince

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 scared	nsubj
2	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 scared	obj
4	into	into	SCONJ	_	5 thinking	mark
5	thinking	think	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 scared	advcl
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 prince	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 prince	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thinking	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	scare	past	He	her = she	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
2	think speech: other	gerund	He not said here		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is a	past	he	a prince	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He flattered her till she was totally into him

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 flattered	nsubj
2	flattered	flatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flattered	obj
4	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 him	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 him	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 him	cop
7	totally	totally	ADV	_	9 him	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 flattered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flatter	past	He	her = she					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus she=Experiencer
2	is	past	she					into him = he; totally property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He buttered her up until she fell

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 buttered	nsubj
2	buttered	butter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 buttered	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 buttered	compound:prt
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 fell	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fell	nsubj
7	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 buttered	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	butter up	past	He		her = she				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Destination
2	fall	past	she						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He sweet-talked her into liking him

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	4 talked	nsubj
2	sweet	sweet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 talked	advcl
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 sweet	punct
4	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 talked	obj
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 liking	case
7	liking	like	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 talked	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 liking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	He	her = she					vn compel-59.1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent she=Patient
2	like	gerund	He not said here	him = he					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

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