Test 8 · ★ · Gutenberg 3282, The Sister of the Sun, part 38: the boy st…

dude, why did the fox act like he wanted to get seen by the giants?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dude, giants · What happens: do, want, see · To what, where: fox act

This is test 8 · ★ 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	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 why	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 dude	acl:relcl
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 act	det
6	fox	fox	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 act	compound
7	act	act	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
8	like	like	SCONJ	_	10 wanted	mark
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 did	advcl
11	to	to	PART	_	13 seen	mark
12	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 seen	aux:pass
13	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wanted	xcomp
14	by	by	ADP	_	16 giants	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 giants	det
16	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 seen	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	dude	the fox act	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent act=Eventuality
2	want	past	dude		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	see not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	the giants		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

so they'd chase him instead of the boy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	so	so	ADV	_	4 chase	advmod
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chase	nsubj
3	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chase	aux
4	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chase	obj
6	instead	instead	ADV	ExtPos=ADP	9 boy	case
7	of	of	ADP	_	6 instead	fixed
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 boy	det
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chase	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	would	they	him = he				instead the boy	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2

because he wanted to show the giants how brave he was and get them to fight him one by one

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 wanted	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 show	mark
5	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 giants	det
7	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	obj
8	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 brave	advmod
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 giants	amod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 brave	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 brave	cop
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 get	cc
13	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 show	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 get	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 fight	mark
16	fight	fight	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 get	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 fight	obj
18	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	16 fight	obj
19	by	by	ADP	_	20 one	case
20	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	18 one	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	want	past	he				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	show not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here		the giants		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent giant=Recipient
3	is	past	he			brave property	tree rules
4	get	infinitive	he not said here	giants = giant			tree rules
5	fight	to-infinitive	giants = giant not said here	him = he			tree rules

Option 3

because the giants had kidnapped his brother and he wanted to lead them into the forest to rescue him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 kidnapped	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 giants	det
3	giants	giant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 kidnapped	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kidnapped	aux
5	kidnapped	kidnap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 brother	nmod:poss
7	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kidnapped	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wanted	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wanted	nsubj
10	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 kidnapped	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 lead	mark
12	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 wanted	xcomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 lead	obj
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 forest	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 forest	det
16	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 lead	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 rescue	mark
18	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 lead	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rescue	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	kidnap	past · perfect · passive		the giants		tree rules
2	want	past	he			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	lead not said to happen	to-infinitive	he not said here	giants = giant	the forest	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme into forest=Destination
4	rescue	to-infinitive	he not said here	him = he		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

to distract them while his friends ran off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 distract	mark
2	distract	distract	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 distract	obj
4	while	while	SCONJ	_	7 ran	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ran	nsubj
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 distract	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 ran	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	distract	to-infinitive		them = they					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer
2	run off	past	his friends						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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