Test 12 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

how did they end up finding the little girl, was it dead lucky?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they, it · What happens: end up, find, be · To what, where: little girl

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1296 «Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the princess loses her children one by one, then follows her husband on the last journey» 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	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 end	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 end	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 end	nsubj
4	end	end	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 end	compound:prt
6	finding	find	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 end	xcomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 girl	det
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 girl	amod
9	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 finding	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lucky	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 lucky	cop
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lucky	nsubj
13	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 lucky	amod
14	lucky	lucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 end	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 end	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	end up	past · do-support	they			tree rules
2	find	gerund	they not said here	the little girl		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Topic
3	is	past	it		lucky property	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 · ✓ the right answer

he turned up another lane at sunset

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 turned	compound:prt
4	another	another	DET	PronType=Ind	5 lane	det
5	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 sunset	case
7	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turned	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	past	he	another lane			sunset		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location lane=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she followed the sound of crying through the woods and found the girl at a farm miles away

The tree, 18 words

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 followed	nsubj
2	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sound	det
4	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 followed	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 crying	mark
6	crying	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 sound	acl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 woods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woods	det
9	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crying	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 found	cc
11	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 followed	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 girl	det
13	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 found	obj
14	at	at	ADP	_	17 miles	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 miles	det
16	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 miles	compound
17	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 found	obl
18	away	away	ADV	_	17 miles	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	past	she	the sound			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme
2	cry speech: express	gerund	the sound not said here		the woods		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through wood=Location
3	find	past	she not said here	the girl		at a farm miles	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent girl=Theme at mile=Asset

Option 3

a shepherd spotted the little girl wandering the hills and brought her to the princess at sunset

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 shepherd	det
2	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	nsubj
3	spotted	spot	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 girl	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 girl	amod
6	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spotted	obj
7	wandering	wonder	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 spotted	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 hills	det
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 wandering	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 brought	cc
11	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 spotted	conj
12	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 brought	obj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 princess	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 princess	det
15	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	obl
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 sunset	case
17	sunset	sunset	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 brought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	when	roles by
1	spot	past	a shepherd		the little girl		vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent girl=Destination
2	wonder speech: ask	gerund	a shepherd not said here	the hills			tree rules
3	bring	past	a shepherd not said here	girl	the princess	sunset	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to princess=Destination

Option 4

he popped up down a lane at dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 popped	nsubj
2	popped	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 popped	compound:prt
4	down	down	ADP	_	6 lane	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lane	det
6	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popped	obl
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 dusk	case
8	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 popped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pop up	past	he				dusk	down a lane	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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