Test 3 · ★ · Spanish Fairy Tales, The Unfinished Houses, part 31: the g…

Mate, how did the horse get home all by itself?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: do, get · To what, where: horse

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Mate	acl:relcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 horse	det
6	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	obj
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	home	home	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
9	all	all	ADV	_	11 itself	advmod
10	by	by	ADP	_	11 itself	case
11	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 get	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the horse					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Eventuality
2	get	present	Mate					by Mate; home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 horse knew the road so well and was so sure-footed that the rider could sleep in the saddle the whole way

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 horse	det
2	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knew	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 well	advmod
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 knew	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 footed	cc
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 footed	cop
10	so	so	ADV	_	13 footed	advmod
11	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 footed	amod
12	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 sure	punct
13	footed	footed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 knew	conj
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	18 sleep	mark
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rider	det
16	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sleep	nsubj
17	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 sleep	aux
18	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 footed	advcl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 saddle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 saddle	det
21	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sleep	obl
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 way	det
23	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	24 way	amod
24	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 sleep	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	know	past	the horse	the road		well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus
2	is	past	the horse not said here			footed property	tree rules
3	sleep	could	the rider	the whole way	the saddle		vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent in saddle=Location

Option 2

It had been ridden there many times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ridden	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ridden	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 ridden	aux:pass
4	ridden	ride	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 ridden	advmod
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 times	amod
7	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 ridden	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past · perfect · passive		It		there	time		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

It knew the road and was sure-footed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 knew	nsubj
2	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 road	det
4	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 knew	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sure	cc
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sure	cop
7	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knew	conj
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 sure	punct
9	footed	footed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 knew	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	past	It	the road					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus
2	is	past						sure property	tree rules

Option 4

Somebody else led it home on a rope, then let it wander off along the lane towards the stable

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Somebody	somebody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 led	nsubj
2	else	else	ADV	_	1 Somebody	advmod
3	led	lead	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 led	obj
5	home	home	ADV	_	3 led	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 rope	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 rope	det
8	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 led	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 let	punct
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 let	advmod
11	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 led	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 let	obj
13	wander	wander	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 let	xcomp
14	off	off	ADP	_	13 wander	compound:prt
15	along	along	ADP	_	17 lane	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lane	det
17	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wander	obl
18	towards	towards	ADP	_	20 stable	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 stable	det
20	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wander	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lead	past	Somebody	it	a rope		home property	vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on rope=Destination
2	let	infinitive	Somebody not said here	rope		then		tree rules
3	wander off	infinitive	rope not said here		the stable		along the lane	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards stable=Destination

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