Test 7 · ★ · West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is cr…

why was the fog there, mate?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fog · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1160 «West Highland Tales, Pinkel the Thief, part 1: Manus is crowned by a lion; Pinkel escapes a witch» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fog	det
4	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	nsubj
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 fog	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 mate	punct
7	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fog	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the fog and mate					why 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 · ✓ the right answer

cos the rowers feared a rock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rowers	det
3	rowers	rower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feared	nsubj
4	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feared	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive							tree rules
2	fear	past	the rowers	a rock					tree rules

Option 2

cos the witch's spell had made the whole sea go wild and grey

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 witch	det
3	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 spell	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 witch	case
5	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	nsubj:pass
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 made	aux
7	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 sea	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 sea	amod
10	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 made	obj
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	conj
12	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 go	xcomp
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 grey	cc
14	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 wild	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	make	past · perfect · passive		the witch's spell		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: subject=Beneficiary sea=Product
3	go	infinitive	you not said here		wild property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	spell		the witch			nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

cos the crew was feared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 crew	det
3	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feared	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 feared	aux:pass
5	feared	fear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	fear	past · passive		the crew					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus

Option 4

cos the rowers feared the rock that was hidden in the fog

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 feared	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 rowers	det
3	rowers	rower	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 feared	nsubj
4	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 rock	det
6	rock	rock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 feared	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 hidden	nsubj:pass
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 hidden	aux:pass
9	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 rock	acl:relcl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 fog	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fog	det
12	fog	fog	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 hidden	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cos	infinitive				tree rules
2	fear	past	the rowers	the rock		tree rules
3	hide	past · passive		the rock	the fog	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in fog=Location

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