Test 4 · ★ · Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High Ki…

wait, how did the lady get the chariot across the river?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, lady · What happens: wait, be, get · To what, where: chariot, river

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1051 «Crock of Gold, The Wooing of Becfola, part 19: the High King asks a silent lady in a chariot to marry 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 how	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lady	det
6	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 chariot	det
9	chariot	chariot	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 river	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 river	det
12	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past				how property	tree rules
3	get	present	the lady	the chariot	the river		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chariot=Stimulus

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 got the men to carry it over on poles

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 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 men	det
4	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 got	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 carry	mark
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 got	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 carry	obj
8	over	over	ADP	_	6 carry	compound:prt
9	on	on	ADP	_	10 poles	case
10	poles	pole	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	she	the men					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer man=Stimulus
2	carry over	to-infinitive	she not said here	it		poles			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

she drove straight in and through

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 drove	nsubj
2	drove	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	straight	straight	ADV	_	4 in	advmod
4	in	in	ADV	_	2 drove	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 through	cc
6	through	through	ADV	_	4 in	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	past	she						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

she jumped the horses over

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 jumped	nsubj
2	jumped	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 horses	det
4	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 jumped	obj
5	over	over	ADV	_	2 jumped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump over	past	she	the horses				over property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Agent

Option 4

she waited for the tide

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 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 tide	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tide	det
5	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	she					for the tide	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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