Test 2 · ★ · Contes des Fées, The Adventures of Covan the Brown-Haired,…

wait so why was the cake so important, no cap

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, be · To what, where: cake

This is test 2 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	so	so	ADV	_	1 wait	advmod
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 cake	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cake	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cake	det
6	cake	cake	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 important	advmod
8	important	important	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cap	punct
10	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	11 cap	det
11	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	parataxis

#	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 a	past		the cake					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

cause the big one came without mom's blessing and he chose it anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 one	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 one	amod
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	9 blessing	case
7	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blessing	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mom	case
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 chose	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chose	nsubj
12	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chose	obj
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	12 chose	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	come	past	the cause big one		without mom's blessing	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	choose	past	he	blessing	anyway property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	bless		mom			nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

cause the big one came without mom's blessing and he picked it anyway and then the whole trouble started on the hill

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 one	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 one	amod
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	9 blessing	case
7	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blessing	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mom	case
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 picked	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 picked	nsubj
12	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 picked	obj
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	12 picked	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 trouble	cc
16	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 trouble	advmod
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 trouble	det
18	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 trouble	amod
19	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 picked	conj
20	started	start	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	19 trouble	acl
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 hill	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 hill	det
23	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 started	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	come	past	the cause big one			without mom's blessing	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	pick	past	he	blessing		anyway property	vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	start	participle		the whole trouble not said here	the hill		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	bless		mom				nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

cause the big one came without mom's blessing and he chose it anyway even though the raven warned him not to take it at all

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 one	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 one	amod
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	nsubj
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	without	without	ADP	_	9 blessing	case
7	mom	mom	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 blessing	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mom	case
9	blessing	blessing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 chose	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chose	nsubj
12	chose	choose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 came	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 chose	obj
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	12 chose	advmod
15	even	even	ADV	_	19 warned	advmod
16	though	though	SCONJ	_	19 warned	mark
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 raven	det
18	raven	raven	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 warned	nsubj
19	warned	warn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 chose	advcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 warned	obj
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 take	advmod
22	to	to	PART	_	23 take	mark
23	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 warned	ccomp
24	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 take	obj
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	23 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive						vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	come	past	the cause big one				without mom's blessing	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	choose	past	he	blessing			anyway property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
4	warn speech: warn	past	the raven		him = he			vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
5	not take	to-infinitive		raven		all		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent it=Theme at all=Asset
6	bless		mom					nom blessing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

cause the big one was the only one left and he grabbed it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 one	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 one	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 one	amod
4	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 one	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 one	det
7	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 one	amod
8	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 one	acl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 left	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 grabbed	nsubj
12	grabbed	grab	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 one	acl:relcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 grabbed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive			vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	is a	past	the cause big one	the only one	tree rules
3	leave	participle		the only one not said here	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	grab	past	he	it	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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