Test 4 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the K…

Proper gutted, was the King when the Queen died, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: gutted King · What happens: gut, be, die · To what, where: gutted King

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1091 «Fairy Tales, Donkeyskin, part 1: a dying Queen makes the King swear, the King goes mad, and the Princess flees to her godmother» 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	Proper	properly	ADV	_	2 gutted	advmod
2	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 King	amod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 gutted	punct
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 King	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 King	det
6	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 died	nsubj
7	when	when	SCONJ	_	10 died	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Queen	det
9	Queen	Queen	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 died	nsubj
10	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 died	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	10 died	discourse
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 died	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gut	participle			properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is a	past		the gutted King		tree rules
3	die	past	the gutted King			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

he wept for a while then forgot about her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wept	nsubj
2	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 while	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 while	det
5	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wept	obl
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 forgot	advmod
7	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wept	advcl
8	about	about	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forgot	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	weep	past	he				while		vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	forget	past	he not said here				then	about her = she	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he cried and sobbed day and night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sobbed	cc
4	sobbed	sob	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	conj
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sobbed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 night	cc
7	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sob	past	he not said here				day		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he went quiet and kept to his room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 went	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 kept	cc
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 went	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 room	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 room	nmod:poss
8	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	he					quiet property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	keep	participle	he not said here					to his room	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

he laughed and went hunting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 went	cc
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	hunting	hunting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	past	he not said here	hunting					vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location hunting=Theme

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