Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…

Was the prince scared of the king or nah?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, scare · To what, where: prince

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 prince	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	csubj
4	scared	scare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	obl
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 nah	cc
9	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 king	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the prince					tree rules
2	scare	past						of the king	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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

Nah, he stayed calm inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 stayed	xcomp
6	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 stayed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	he					calm, inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, he wept under the tree and was too frightened to speak to the king

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 wept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 wept	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wept	nsubj
4	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	under	under	ADP	_	7 tree	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tree	det
7	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wept	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 frightened	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 frightened	cop
10	too	too	ADV	_	11 frightened	advmod
11	frightened	frightened	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wept	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 speak	mark
13	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 frightened	xcomp
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 king	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 speak	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	weep	past	he	the tree		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	he not said here		frightened property	tree rules
3	speak speech: other	to-infinitive	he not said here		to the king	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to king=Co-Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he cried in the room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cried	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 room	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 room	det
7	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he			the room			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he was brave and told the king that he feared no punishment at all

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 brave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brave	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	cop
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 told	cc
7	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 king	det
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 told	obj
10	that	that	SCONJ	_	12 feared	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 feared	nsubj
12	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	advcl
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 punishment	det
14	punishment	punishment	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 feared	obj
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 all	case
16	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 feared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he				brave property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	past	he not said here		the king			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent king=Recipient
3	fear	past	king	no punishment		all		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer punishment=Stimulus

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