Test 3 · ★ · Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries t…

Was the wife actually sad about the bird?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1212 «Indian Folklore, Ball-Carrier, part 13: the witch buries the gold and the bridge, and Ball-Carrier goes home» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sad	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wife	det
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sad	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 sad	advmod
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 bird	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bird	det
8	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sad	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the wife					about the bird; actually, sad 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

Nah, she was glad and cooked the bird right away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 glad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 glad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 glad	cop
5	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 cooked	cc
7	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 glad	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bird	det
9	bird	bird	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cooked	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 away	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	7 cooked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she					glad property	tree rules
2	cook	past	she not said here	the bird				away property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent bird=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she cried and wrung her hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cried	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wrung	cc
6	wrung	wring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wrung	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wring	past	she not said here	her hands					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

Yeah, she cried and wrung her hands for hours

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cried	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wrung	cc
6	wrung	wring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	conj
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wrung	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 hours	case
10	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wrung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wring	past	she not said here	her hands			hour		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 4

Nah, she cooked it anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cooked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cooked	nsubj
4	cooked	cook	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cooked	obj
6	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	4 cooked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cook	past	she	it				anyway property	vn cooking-45.3 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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