Test 8 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Sword of Strength, part 24: the prince is…

Wait, the queen didn't just sit still when the prince told her to, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, queen, prince · What happens: wait, not sit, tell · To what, where: queen · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sit	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 queen	det
4	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sit	nsubj
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sit	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 sit	advmod
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 sit	advmod
8	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	still	still	ADV	_	8 sit	advmod
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 told	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 prince	det
12	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 told	nsubj
13	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sit	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 told	iobj
15	to	to	PART	_	13 told	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 told	punct
17	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	when	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not sit	past · do-support	the queen		still	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past	the prince	queen		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

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

Nope, she opened the locked door anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 opened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 opened	nsubj
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
6	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 door	amod
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 opened	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	she	the locked door				anyway property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	lock	participle							vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Nope, she only peeked into the kitchen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 peeked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 peeked	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 peeked	advmod
5	peeked	peek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 kitchen	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kitchen	det
8	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 peeked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek	past	she					into the kitchen	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent into kitchen=Theme

Option 3

Yes, she opened a couple of the doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 opened	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 opened	nsubj
4	opened	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 couple	det
6	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opened	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 doors	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 doors	det
9	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 couple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	past	she	a couple of the doors					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location couple=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nope, she peeked in every room she was told not to

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 peeked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 peeked	nsubj
4	peeked	peek	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 peeked	obl
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 told	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	aux:pass
10	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 room	acl:relcl
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 told	advmod
12	to	to	PART	_	11 not	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peek	past	she					in every room	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in room=Theme
2	not tell speech: assert	past · passive		she					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient

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