Test 8 · ★ · Irish Fairy Tales, The Enchanted Bear, part 21: the prince…

so the chase, did she catch up or nah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: chase · What happens: catch up

This is test 8 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 catch	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chase	det
3	chase	chase	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 catch	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 chase	punct
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 catch	aux
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 catch	nsubj
7	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 catch	compound:prt
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 nah	cc
10	nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 catch	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 catch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch up	past · do-support	the chase						vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

she rode after him on a horse with the egg-wife's help through the forest for days

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	after	after	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rode	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 horse	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	14 help	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wife	det
10	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wife	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 egg	punct
12	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 help	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 wife	case
14	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 forest	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 forest	det
17	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rode	obl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 days	case
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	she			the forest	after him = he; day	on a horse; with the egg wife's help	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through forest=Trajectory
2	help		the egg wife						nom help «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

she kept on his trail all along

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 trail	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 trail	nmod:poss
5	trail	trail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 along	advmod
7	along	along	ADV	_	2 kept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	she			his trail		along property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on trail=Location

Option 3

she caught up with him at the castle gates but he sent her back home at once

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 caught	nsubj
2	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 caught	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	5 him	case
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 caught	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	9 gates	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gates	det
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 gates	compound
9	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 caught	obl
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 sent	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 sent	nsubj
12	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 caught	conj
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 back	nmod:poss
14	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sent	obj
15	home	home	ADV	_	12 sent	advmod
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 once	case
17	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	12 sent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch up	past	she			the castle gates		with him = he	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent at gate=Asset
2	send	past	he	her back				home property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she kept him in sight the whole way

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 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	5 sight	case
5	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past	she	him = he		sight		the whole way obl:unmarked	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in sight=Location

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