Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, par…

So the fox just gave the king pears for free, no catch?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: fox · What happens: give · To what, where: king pears

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 701 «Fairy Book, How the Beggar Boy Turned into Count Piro, part 1: the fox sells pears and coats to the king for a lazy boy» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 gave	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 fox	det
3	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gave	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 gave	advmod
5	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 pears	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pears	compound
8	pears	pear	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 gave	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 free	case
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pears	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 catch	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 catch	det
13	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 pears	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 gave	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past	the fox	the king pears and no catch				for free	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent pear=Theme for free=Asset

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 wanted the princess to marry the Count, bro, and a dowry too

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 marry	mark
8	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 princess	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 Count	det
10	Count	count	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marry	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 bro	punct
12	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 Count	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 dowry	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 dowry	cc
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 dowry	det
16	dowry	dowry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	conj
17	too	too	ADV	_	4 wanted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the princess					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme
2	marry	to-infinitive	he not said here	the Count and bro					vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent count=Patient

Option 2

Nah, he wanted some gold, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	6 gold	det
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bro	punct
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	some gold and bro					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot gold=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he wanted the princess, bro

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 bro	punct
8	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princess	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the princess and bro					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he wanted the princess and the whole royal treasury, bro, every coin

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 wanted	nsubj
4	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wanted	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 treasury	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 treasury	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 treasury	amod
10	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 treasury	amod
11	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princess	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bro	punct
13	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 treasury	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 coin	punct
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 coin	det
16	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 princess	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the princess and the whole royal treasury and bro and every coin					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot princess=Theme

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