Test 2 · ★ · World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1:…

wait, why did Rosald even go with the rich kid?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Rosald · What happens: wait, go

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1219 «World Tales, How Geirald The Coward Was Punished, part 1: two friends ride off, Rosald wins the fight, and Geirald takes the glory» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
5	Rosald	Rosald	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 go	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 kid	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 kid	det
10	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 kid	amod
11	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	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	go	past · do-support	Rosald					with the rich kid	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with kid=Beneficiary

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

his dad was super broke and wanted him out of the house

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broke	cop
4	super	super	ADV	_	5 broke	advmod
5	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broke	conj
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 wanted	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	12 house	case
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 house	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 house	det
12	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his dad					broke, super property	tree rules
2	want	past	his dad not said here	him = he		the house			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot he=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

his dad was super broke

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 dad	nmod:poss
2	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 broke	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 broke	cop
4	super	super	ADV	_	5 broke	advmod
5	broke	broke	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	his dad					broke, super property	tree rules

Option 3

he wanted adventure with the rich kid's horses and gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	adventure	adventure	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
4	with	with	ADP	_	9 horses	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 kid	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kid	amod
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horses	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 kid	case
9	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 wanted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 gold	cc
11	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 horses	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	adventure				with the rich kid's horses and gold	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot adventure=Theme

Option 4

he owed the rich kid cash

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 owed	nsubj
2	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cash	det
4	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cash	amod
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cash	compound
6	cash	cash	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	past	he	the rich kid cash					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent cash=Theme

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