Test 5 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

ngl, what did the giants do when the fox danced with them?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ngl, giants, fox · What happens: do, dance

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1237 «Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy steals a golden hen, but keeps going back into the palace, and the fox rescues the princess from the giants» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 did	nsubj
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 giants	det
6	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 danced	advmod
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 fox	det
10	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 danced	nsubj
11	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 danced	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	do	past	ngl		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	do	present	the giants		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	dance	past	the fox	with giants = giant	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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

they lost track of the princess while they were dancing and tripping over the table and each other in the hall

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 lost	nsubj
2	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 princess	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 track	nmod
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 dancing	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dancing	nsubj
9	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dancing	aux
10	dancing	dance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lost	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tripping	cc
12	tripping	trip	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 dancing	conj
13	over	over	ADP	_	15 table	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 table	det
15	table	table	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tripping	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 each	cc
17	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	2 lost	obl
18	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 each	fixed
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 hall	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 hall	det
21	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	past	they	track of the princess	the hall	each obl	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent track=Eventuality
2	dance	past · progressive	they				vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	trip	gerund	they not said here		the table		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over table=Trajectory

Option 2

they fell asleep and forgot to lock the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 fell	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 forgot	cc
5	forgot	forget	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 lock	mark
7	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 forgot	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 door	det
9	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lock	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fall	past	they		asleep property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	forget	past	they not said here			tree rules
3	not lock	to-infinitive	they not said here	the door		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

they tried to dance too but the fox tricked them into tying their own shoelaces together and falling down

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tried	nsubj
2	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 dance	mark
4	dance	dance	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tried	xcomp
5	too	too	ADV	_	4 dance	advmod
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 tricked	cc
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fox	det
8	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tricked	nsubj
9	tricked	trick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 tried	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tricked	obj
11	into	into	SCONJ	_	12 tying	mark
12	tying	tie	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 tricked	advcl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 shoelaces	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 shoelaces	amod
15	shoelaces	shoelace	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 tying	obj
16	together	together	ADV	_	12 tying	advmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 falling	cc
18	falling	fall	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 tying	conj
19	down	down	ADV	_	18 falling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	they			vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	dance not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	trick	past	the fox	them = they		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
4	tie	gerund	the fox not said here	their own shoelaces	together property	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoelace=Patient
5	fall down	gerund	the fox not said here		down property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they let him take the princess, cause they were distracted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	nsubj
2	let	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 let	obj
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 let	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 princess	det
6	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 distracted	punct
8	cause	cause	SCONJ	_	11 distracted	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 distracted	nsubj:pass
10	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 distracted	aux:pass
11	distracted	distract	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 let	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	let	present	they	him = he		tree rules
2	take	infinitive	him = he not said here		the princess	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument princess=Destination
3	distract	past · passive		they		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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