Test 7 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

wait, how long did she have to wait before he was free?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she, he · What happens: wait, have, be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 have	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 have	aux
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 have	nsubj
7	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 wait	mark
9	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 have	xcomp
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 free	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 free	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 free	cop
13	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wait	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	past · do-support	she	long property	tree rules
3	wait	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	he	free 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

she had to wait for ever, since the spell could never be broken by a mortal woman

The tree, 17 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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 wait	mark
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 had	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 ever	case
6	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 broken	punct
8	since	since	SCONJ	_	14 broken	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 spell	det
10	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broken	nsubj:pass
11	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 broken	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 broken	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 broken	aux:pass
14	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 wait	advcl
15	by	by	ADP	_	18 woman	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 woman	det
17	mortal	mortal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 woman	amod
18	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 broken	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	have	past	she		tree rules
2	wait	to-infinitive	she not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not break	could · passive	a mortal woman	the spell	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Patient

Option 2

seven years, if she'd kept quiet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 kept	obl:unmarked
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 years	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 kept	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 kept	nsubj
6	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 kept	aux
7	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · perfect	she				year	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

until she had spent seven years searching for him across the sea and returning home

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	until	until	SCONJ	_	4 spent	mark
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 spent	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spent	aux
4	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 spent	obj
7	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 spent	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 searching	obl
10	across	across	ADP	_	12 sea	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 sea	det
12	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 searching	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 returning	cc
14	returning	return	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 searching	conj
15	home	home	ADV	_	14 returning	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	spend	past · perfect	she		year		vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	search	gerund	she not said here	the sea		for him = he	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for he=Theme
3	return	gerund	she not said here			home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

five years, if she'd been patient

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 years	nummod
2	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 patient	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 years	punct
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 patient	mark
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 patient	nsubj
6	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 patient	aux
7	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 patient	cop
8	patient	patient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past · perfect	five years					patient property	tree rules

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