Test 2 · ★ · Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part…

Wait, so the prince just bolts off with a knapsack, proper?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: wait, bolt off

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1228 «Andrew Lang's fairy book, The Prince and the Mermaid, part 29: the prince runs from the mermaid and becomes a lion and a bear» 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 bolts	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 bolts	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bolts	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 bolts	advmod
7	bolts	bolt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 bolts	compound:prt
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 knapsack	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 knapsack	det
11	knapsack	knapsack	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bolts	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 proper	punct
13	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 knapsack	amod
14	?	?	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	bolt off	present	the prince					with a knapsack	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yeah, his mum's the one who sends him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 one	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 one	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sends	nsubj
9	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sends	obj
11	out	out	ADP	_	9 sends	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	his mum	the one					tree rules
2	send out	present	the one	him = he					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

Nah, he's kicked out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 kicked	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kicked	aux:pass
5	kicked	kick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 kicked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick out	present · passive		he					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Nah, his mum just waves him off to school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 waves	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mum	nmod:poss
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waves	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 waves	advmod
6	waves	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 waves	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	6 waves	compound:prt
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 school	case
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waves	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave off	present	his mum	him = he	school				vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Theme to school=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, his dad sends him off on his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sends	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sends	punct
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sends	nsubj
5	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sends	obj
7	off	off	ADP	_	5 sends	compound:prt
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sends	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send off	present	his dad	him = he		dad's own			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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