Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Little Mermaid, part 91: the m…

bro did the prince say he'd marry the princess for real?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, prince · What happens: do, say, marry · To what, where: princess · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 say	nsubj
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	parataxis
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 marry	nsubj
7	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 marry	aux
8	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 say	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 princess	det
10	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 marry	obj
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 real	case
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 marry	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	bro			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	say speech: assert	present	the prince			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	marry	would	prince	the princess	for real	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient

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

yes, he said he'd marry her and bring her home to the palace soon

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marry	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 marry	aux
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marry	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bring	cc
10	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 marry	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 home	nmod:poss
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bring	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 palace	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bring	obl
16	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	10 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry	would	he	her = she			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	bring	infinitive	he not said here	her home	the palace	soon property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent home=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

no, he said he'd go visit but not bring her home as a bride

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 go	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	visit	visit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obj
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 bring	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 bring	advmod
11	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	conj
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 home	nmod:poss
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obj
14	as	as	ADP	_	16 bride	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 bride	det
16	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	would	he	visit		vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location visit=Theme
3	not bring	infinitive	he not said here	her home	as a bride	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent home=Theme

Option 3

no, he said he'd marry her later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 no	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marry	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 marry	aux
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 later	nmod:poss
9	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 marry	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry	would	he					late property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

yes, he said he'd marry her right away, and the wedding feast would be held in the harbor at the next full moon

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marry	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 marry	aux
7	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 marry	obj
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	7 marry	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 held	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 held	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 feast	det
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 feast	compound
15	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 held	nsubj:pass
16	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 held	aux
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 held	aux:pass
18	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 said	conj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 harbor	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 harbor	det
21	harbor	harbor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 held	obl
22	at	at	ADP	_	26 moon	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	26 moon	det
24	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 moon	amod
25	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 moon	amod
26	moon	moon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 held	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	marry	would	he	her = she		away property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient
3	hold	would · passive		the wedding feast	the harbor	at the next full moon	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in harbor=Location

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