Test 9 · ★ · Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Pete…
bet the Sultana was well chuffed sorting that marriage
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: bet, chuff, sort · To what, where: Sultana, marriage
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 706 «Brown Fairy Book, Peter and the Golden-haired Maiden: Peter calls his dogs and wins back the girl» 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 | bet | bet | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 Sultana | det |
| 3 | Sultana | Sultana | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 chuffed | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 chuffed | aux:pass |
| 5 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 chuffed | advmod |
| 6 | chuffed | chuff | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 bet | ccomp |
| 7 | sorting | sort | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 chuffed | xcomp |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 9 marriage | mark |
| 9 | marriage | marriage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sorting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bet | imperative | you not said here | vn risk-94 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | chuff | past · passive | the Sultana | well property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | sort | gerund | marriage | vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent marriage=Theme |
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
Nah she got really cross and said she never wanted to see that jester again
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 got | discourse |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | really | really | ADV | _ | 5 cross | advmod |
| 5 | cross | cross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 got | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 wanted | nsubj |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 wanted | advmod |
| 10 | wanted | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 see | mark |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 wanted | xcomp |
| 13 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 14 jester | det |
| 14 | jester | jester | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | again | again | ADV | _ | 12 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | she | cross property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not want | past | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 4 | see not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | that jester | again | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer jester=Stimulus |
Option 2
Yeah she clapped her hands and said she had a girl ready for him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 clapped | discourse |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 clapped | nsubj |
| 3 | clapped | clap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 hands | nmod:poss |
| 5 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 clapped | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 said | cc |
| 7 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 clapped | conj |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 had | nsubj |
| 9 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 said | ccomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 girl | det |
| 11 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 had | obj |
| 12 | ready | ready | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 said | xcomp |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 him | case |
| 14 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 ready | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clap | past | she | her hands | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hand=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she not said here | ready property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 3 | have | past | she | a girl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
Option 3
Nah she frowned and said she was not fussed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nah | nah | INTJ | _ | 3 frowned | discourse |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 frowned | nsubj |
| 3 | frowned | frown | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 frowned | conj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fussed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 fussed | aux:pass |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 fussed | advmod |
| 9 | fussed | fuss | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 said | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frown | past | she | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not fuss | past · passive | she | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Yeah she clapped and said she had a girl
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yeah | yeah | INTJ | _ | 3 clapped | discourse |
| 2 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 clapped | nsubj |
| 3 | clapped | clap | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 had | advcl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 said | cc |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 clapped | conj |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 had | nsubj |
| 7 | had | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 girl | det |
| 9 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 had | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clap | past | she | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location | |||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | past | she not said here | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | have | past | she | a girl | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient |
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