Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

wait why is she dancing when her feet be bleeding??

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she, feet · What happens: wait, dance, bleed

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 dancing	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dancing	aux
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 dancing	nsubj
5	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 bleeding	advmod
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 feet	nmod:poss
8	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 bleeding	nsubj
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 bleeding	aux
10	bleeding	bleed	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 dancing	advcl
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dance	present · progressive	she	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	bleed	infinitive · progressive	her feet	vn substance_emission-43.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Source

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

she doesn't feel pain, it's fine, she's just used to it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feel	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 feel	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 feel	advmod
4	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	pain	pain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feel	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fine	expl
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 feel	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 used	punct
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 used	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 used	aux
13	just	just	ADV	_	14 used	advmod
14	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	9 fine	conj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 used	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	not feel	present · do-support	she	pain			vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pain=Theme
2	is	present	she not said here			fine property	tree rules
3	use	present · passive	she		pain		vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

she's doing it to please him, even though it's like knives, and the court laughs at her every single time she steps on the marble floor

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	aux
3	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doing	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 please	mark
6	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 doing	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 please	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 knives	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 knives	advmod
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 knives	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 knives	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 knives	cop
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 knives	case
14	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doing	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 laughs	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 laughs	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 court	det
18	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 laughs	nsubj
19	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 steps	advcl
20	at	at	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 laughs	obl
22	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	24 time	det
23	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 time	amod
24	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 steps	obl:unmarked
25	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 steps	nsubj
26	steps	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	parataxis
27	on	on	ADP	_	30 floor	case
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 floor	det
29	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	30 floor	compound
30	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 steps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	she	it				vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	please	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	is	present	it				like knives	tree rules
4	laugh	present	the court				at her = she	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	step	present	court		the marble floor	time		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

she's doing it because the prince ordered her to and she wants to keep her human legs and never go back to the sea

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	aux
3	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doing	obj
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 ordered	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ordered	nsubj
8	ordered	order	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	advcl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 ordered	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	8 ordered	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wants	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wants	nsubj
13	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	conj
14	to	to	PART	_	15 keep	mark
15	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wants	xcomp
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 legs	nmod:poss
17	human	human	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 legs	amod
18	legs	leg	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 keep	obj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 go	cc
20	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	21 go	advmod
21	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 keep	conj
22	back	back	ADV	_	21 go	advmod
23	to	to	ADP	_	25 sea	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	she	it			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	order	past	the prince		her = she		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	want	present	she				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here	her human legs			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent leg=Theme
5	not go back	infinitive	she not said here			to the sea result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to sea=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she's doing it to please him, even though it's like knives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 doing	aux
3	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 doing	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 please	mark
6	please	please	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 doing	advcl
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 please	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 knives	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 knives	advmod
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	14 knives	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 knives	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 knives	cop
13	like	like	ADP	_	14 knives	case
14	knives	knife	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 doing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	present · progressive	she	it		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality
2	please	to-infinitive	she not said here	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	is	present	it		like knives	tree rules

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