Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Princess and the Pea: a pea tests a…

Was the princess at the gate a proper princess, or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: be · To what, where: princess, gate

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 951 «Andersen's Tales, The Princess and the Pea: a pea tests a real princess» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 princess	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 princess	nsubj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gate	det
6	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 princess	nmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 princess	det
8	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 princess	amod
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 princess	conj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 princess	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the princess		the gate			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

She said she was, so the queen tested her

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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 was	nsubj
4	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 tested	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 tested	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tested	nsubj
9	tested	test	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tested	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past	she		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	test	past	the queen	her = she	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 2

She said she was, so the queen laid a pea under twenty mattresses to test her

The tree, 16 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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 was	nsubj
4	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 laid	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 laid	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laid	nsubj
9	laid	lay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 pea	det
11	pea	pea	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 laid	obj
12	under	under	ADP	_	14 mattresses	case
13	twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	14 mattresses	nummod
14	mattresses	mattress	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 laid	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 test	mark
16	test	test	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 laid	advcl
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 test	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	She			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	past	she			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	lay	past	the queen	a pea	twenty mattresses	vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pea=Theme under mattress=Destination
4	test	to-infinitive	the queen not said here	queen		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

Yes, she was legit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 legit	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 legit	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 legit	cop
5	legit	legit	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					legit property	tree rules

Option 4

She was a maid, so the queen sent her away

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 maid	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 maid	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 maid	det
4	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 sent	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 sent	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 queen	det
8	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	nsubj
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 maid	acl:relcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sent	obj
11	away	away	ADV	_	9 sent	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	She	a maid					tree rules
2	send away	past	the queen	maid				away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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