Test 12 · ★ · Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tric…

yo the wolves just bolted off, where to?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: bolt off · To what, where: wolves

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1190 «Folk Tales, The Mink and the Wolf, part 1: a sly mink tricks a hungry wolf, then outwits the whole wolf pack's revenge plan» 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	yo	yo	INTJ	_	5 bolted	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wolves	det
3	wolves	wolf	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bolted	nsubj:pass
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 bolted	advmod
5	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 bolted	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 where	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 bolted	obl:agent
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 where	case
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 bolted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bolt off	participle · passive		the wolves					vn gobble-39.3-1 «NP V NP up»: agent=Agent subject=Patient

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

To the rocky shore down by the sea where their canoes were parked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 shore	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shore	det
3	rocky	rocky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 shore	amod
4	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 shore	compound:prt
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 sea	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 sea	det
8	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shore	nmod
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 parked	advmod
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 canoes	nmod:poss
11	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 parked	nsubj:pass
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 parked	aux:pass
13	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 sea	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	park	past · passive		their canoes					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 2

To the shore where the boats sat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 shore	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shore	det
3	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sat	obl
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 sat	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boats	det
6	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sat	nsubj
7	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the boats					to the shore	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

To the sandy beach where all of their canoes were kept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	4 beach	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beach	det
3	sandy	sandy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 beach	amod
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 kept	advmod
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 kept	nsubj:pass
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 canoes	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 canoes	nmod:poss
9	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 all	nmod
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 kept	aux:pass
11	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 beach	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · passive		all					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

To the beach where the canoes were

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	ADP	_	3 beach	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 beach	det
3	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	3 beach	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 canoes	det
6	canoes	canoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 where	nsubj
7	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 where	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the canoes	the beach not said here				where property	tree rules

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