Test 13 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

Did the wife just let it go when she didn't get her way?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: wife · What happens: let, go, not get · To what, where: it, way

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1306 «Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the greedy wife sues to win the unfinished houses» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 let	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 wife	det
3	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Did	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 let	advmod
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 get	advmod
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
10	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 get	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 get	advmod
12	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 go	advcl
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 way	nmod:poss
14	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 let	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	let	past · do-support		it	tree rules
2	go	infinitive			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not get	past · do-support	wife	wife's way	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer way=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, she cried all day and all night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 night	cc
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 day	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she				day		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Nah, she made a huge fuss, threw things, and then went on sulking for weeks until the gift was returned

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fuss	det
6	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fuss	amod
7	fuss	fuss	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 threw	punct
9	threw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 threw	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 went	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 went	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 went	advmod
14	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
15	on	on	SCONJ	_	16 sulking	mark
16	sulking	sulk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 went	advcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 weeks	case
18	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 sulking	obl
19	until	until	SCONJ	_	23 returned	mark
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 gift	det
21	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 returned	nsubj
22	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	23 returned	aux:pass
23	returned	return	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 sulking	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	make	past	she	a huge fuss		vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuss=Product
2	throw	past	she not said here	things		vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
3	go	past	she not said here		then	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	sulk	gerund	she not said here		week	vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
5	return	past · passive		the gift		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Nah, she cried all day and all night and kept nagging her husband until he took the matter to court

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 day	det
6	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl:unmarked
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 night	cc
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 day	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 kept	cc
11	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	conj
12	nagging	nag	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 kept	xcomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 husband	nmod:poss
14	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 nagging	obj
15	until	until	SCONJ	_	17 took	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 took	nsubj
17	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	advcl
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 matter	det
19	matter	matter	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 took	obj
20	to	to	ADP	_	21 court	case
21	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 took	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she			day	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	keep	past	she not said here				tree rules
3	nag	gerund	she not said here	her husband			vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent husband=Patient
4	take	past	husband	the matter	court		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent matter=Theme to court=Destination

Option 4

Yeah, she accepted it and moved on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 accepted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 accepted	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accepted	nsubj
4	accepted	accept	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 accepted	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 moved	cc
7	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 accepted	conj
8	on	on	ADP	_	7 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	past	she	it					vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	move on	participle	she not said here						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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