Test 4 · ★ · Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic…

so the eastern brother got to the city, what was the vibe there?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eastern brother, city · What happens: get, be · To what, where: vibe

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1262 «Lang Fairy Tales, The Knights of the Fish, part 1: a magic fish gives a poor cobbler two sons who go looking for adventure» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 got	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 brother	det
3	eastern	eastern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brother	amod
4	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 city	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 city	det
8	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 vibe	punct
10	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 vibe	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 vibe	cop
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vibe	det
13	vibe	vibe	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 city	conj
14	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 vibe	advmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	the eastern brother					to the city and the vibe result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to city=Result
2	is a	past	the city and the vibe	the vibe		there			tree rules

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

people were gathered around the palace gate waiting for a sign from the king

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gathered	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gathered	aux:pass
3	gathered	gather	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	around	around	ADP	_	7 gate	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 gate	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gate	compound
7	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gathered	obl
8	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 gate	acl
9	for	for	ADP	_	11 sign	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 sign	det
11	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waiting	obl
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 king	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 king	det
14	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	past · passive		people		the palace gate			vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wait	gerund	the palace gate not said here					for a sign; from the king	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

everyone was crying and wringing their hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 crying	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 crying	aux
3	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 wringing	cc
5	wringing	wring	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 crying	conj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hands	nmod:poss
7	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wringing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past · progressive	everyone						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wring	gerund	everyone not said here	their hands					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient

Option 3

the market was busy with trade and music

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 market	det
2	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 busy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 busy	cop
4	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 trade	case
6	trade	trade	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 busy	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 music	cc
8	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 trade	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the market					with trade and music; busy property	tree rules

Option 4

everyone had gone to the fields to work

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 gone	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 gone	aux
3	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 fields	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 fields	det
6	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 gone	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 work	mark
8	work	work	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gone	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · perfect	everyone			the fields			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to field=Initial_Location
2	work	to-infinitive	everyone not said here						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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