Test 11 · ★ · Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa…

Wait, why was the giant so lonely, like?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1137 «Told by the Natives, The Magic Mirror, part 1: Gopani-Kufa frees a python king and is promised a reward» 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	_	8 lonely	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 lonely	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 lonely	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lonely	det
6	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lonely	amod
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 lonely	advmod
8	lonely	lonely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 like	punct
10	like	like	ADP	_	8 lonely	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past						lonely property	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

his people had all left him alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 people	nmod:poss
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 left	advmod
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	iobj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 left	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	his people		him = he			all, alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

he had been alone on the mountain for ages since all men fled from him in fear

The tree, 17 words

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 alone	cop
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 had	xcomp
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 mountain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 mountain	det
7	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 ages	case
9	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obl
10	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 fled	mark
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 men	det
12	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 fled	nsubj
13	fled	flee	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 had	advcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 him	case
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fled	obl
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 fear	case
17	fear	fear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 fled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he	the mountain	for ages		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	participle	he not said here			alone property	tree rules
3	flee	past	all men	fear		from him = he	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from he=Initial_Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

there was no man as great as him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 was	expl
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 great	cop
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 great	nsubj
5	as	as	ADV	_	6 great	advmod
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	as	as	ADP	_	8 him	case
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 great	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	no man					as him = he; great property	tree rules

Option 4

his fathers had died and he had no sons to inherit his mountain or his name

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 fathers	nmod:poss
2	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 died	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 died	aux
4	died	die	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 had	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 had	nsubj
7	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 died	conj
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 sons	det
9	sons	son	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 had	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 inherit	mark
11	inherit	inherit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 had	xcomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 mountain	nmod:poss
13	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 inherit	obj
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 name	cc
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 name	nmod:poss
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 mountain	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	die	past · perfect	his fathers		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	have	past	he	no sons	tree rules
3	inherit	to-infinitive	no sons not said here	his mountain or his name	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mountain=Theme
4	name		his = he		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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