Test 4 · ★ · Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old…

Lol, how did the old lady end up with a baby in the first place?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: do, end up · To what, where: first place

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1254 «Eastern Stories and Legends, Nur Mahomed, part 55: the old woman's foundling becomes a soldier, and a dog dies after a meal» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lady	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 lady	amod
7	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nsubj
8	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 end	compound:prt
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 baby	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 baby	det
12	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 place	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 place	det
15	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	16 place	amod
16	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	obl
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past							vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	end up	present	the old lady					in the first place result; with a baby	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in place=Result

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 · ✓ the right answer

Her goat led her to a cave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 goat	nmod:poss
2	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	nsubj
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 led	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Her goat	her = she		a cave			vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to cave=Destination

Option 2

She was chasing a goat that wandered into the hills at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chasing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chasing	aux
3	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 goat	det
5	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chasing	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 wandered	nsubj
7	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 goat	acl:relcl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 hills	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 hills	det
10	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wandered	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 dusk	case
12	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 wandered	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · progressive	She	a goat					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme
2	wander	past	a goat			the hills	dusk		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into hill=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

She heard a cry nearby

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 heard	nsubj
2	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cry	det
4	cry	cry	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 heard	obj
5	nearby	nearby	ADV	_	2 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	She	a cry				nearby property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer cry=Stimulus

Option 4

Her son had brought the baby down from the mountain in a basket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 son	nmod:poss
2	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 brought	aux
4	brought	bring	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
7	down	down	ADP	_	4 brought	compound:prt
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 mountain	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 mountain	det
10	mountain	mountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 basket	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 basket	det
13	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring down	past · perfect · passive		Her son		the mountain		in a basket	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: subject=Destination baby=Theme

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