Test 12 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

ok who was the faithless one tho

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: faithless one tho

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1183 «Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired, part 49: Ardan herds the old man's cows and is turned to stone» 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	ok	ok	INTJ	_	7 tho	discourse
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 tho	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tho	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tho	det
5	faithless	faithless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tho	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tho	compound
7	tho	tho	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the faithless one tho					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 old man, because he cursed the cows somehow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 man	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 man	amod
3	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cursed	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cursed	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	7 cursed	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 cursed	nsubj
7	cursed	curse	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 cows	det
9	cows	cow	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cursed	obj
10	somehow	somehow	ADV	_	7 cursed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	curse	past	the old man	the cows				somehow property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cow=Theme

Option 2

Ardan, because he broke his promise to the old man, so the brothers blamed him for the sister's loss forever

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ardan	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 broke	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 broke	nsubj
5	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 promise	nmod:poss
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 blamed	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	16 blamed	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 brothers	det
15	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 blamed	nsubj
16	blamed	blame	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broke	conj
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 blamed	obj
18	for	for	ADP	_	22 loss	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 sister	det
20	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 loss	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 sister	case
22	loss	loss	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 blamed	obl
23	forever	forever	ADV	_	16 blamed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	break	past	Ardan	Ardan's promise	to the old man result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent promise=Patient to man=Result
2	blame	past	the brothers	Ardan	for the sister's loss; forever property	vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent he=Theme for loss=Attribute
3	promise		Ardan			nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

Ardan, because he broke his promise to the old man and then ran after the golden cock

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ardan	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 broke	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 broke	nsubj
5	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 promise	nmod:poss
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 ran	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 ran	advmod
14	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broke	conj
15	after	after	ADP	_	18 cock	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 cock	det
17	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cock	amod
18	cock	cock	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 ran	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	Ardan	Ardan's promise		to the old man result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent promise=Patient to man=Result
2	run	past	Ardan not said here		after the golden cock; then		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	promise		Ardan				nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Ardan, because he broke his promise to the old man

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ardan	Ardan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Ardan	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 broke	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 broke	nsubj
5	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 promise	nmod:poss
7	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 man	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 man	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 man	amod
11	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	past	Ardan	Ardan's promise				to the old man result	vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.result»: agent=Agent promise=Patient to man=Result
2	promise		Ardan						nom promise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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