Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

so the prince says the mermaid's eyes are expressive, lowkey romantic

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: prince, eyes · What happens: say, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 880 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the mermaid gets legs, dances for the prince, and sails away with him» 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	_	4 says	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mermaid	det
6	mermaid	mermaid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 eyes	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 mermaid	case
8	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 expressive	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 expressive	cop
10	expressive	expressive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 lowkey	punct
12	lowkey	lowkey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 expressive	conj
13	romantic	romantic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 expressive	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	the prince		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the mermaid's eyes	expressive property	tree rules
3	be		the mermaid's eyes not said here		tree rules
4	be		the mermaid's eyes not said here		tree rules

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

nope, he says he'd rather see the princess again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 see	aux
7	rather	rather	ADV	_	8 see	advmod
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	would	he	the princess			again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus

Option 2

nah, he says her eyes are plain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 eyes	nmod:poss
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 plain	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 plain	cop
8	plain	plain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	her eyes					plain property	tree rules

Option 3

yeah, he says he'd choose her over the princess, and he wants her to sing for the whole court every evening at dinner

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choose	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 choose	aux
7	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choose	obj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 princess	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 choose	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 wants	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 wants	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wants	nsubj
15	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 wants	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 sing	mark
18	sing	sing	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 wants	xcomp
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 court	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 court	det
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 court	amod
22	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sing	obl
23	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	24 evening	det
24	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sing	obl:unmarked
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 dinner	case
26	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	choose	would	he	her = she			over the princess	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	want	present	he	princess				tree rules
4	sing speech: express not said to happen	to-infinitive	princess not said here		dinner	evening	for the whole court	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at dinner=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he says he'd choose her over the princess

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choose	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 choose	aux
7	choose	choose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 choose	obj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 princess	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 princess	det
11	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 choose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	choose	would	he	her = she				over the princess	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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