Test 6 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds…

ngl the king was so extra, swore he'd search every island

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: king, ngl · What happens: be, swear, search · To what, where: ngl, island

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1312 «Violet Fairy Book, The Fish of the Fountain: a girl feeds a fish, he is eaten, and his bones grow into a magic tree» 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	ngl	ngl	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 swore	nsubj
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 extra	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 extra	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 extra	advmod
6	extra	extra	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 ngl	acl:relcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
8	swore	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 search	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 search	aux
11	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 swore	ccomp
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 island	det
13	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 search	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	the king	ngl not said here	extra property	tree rules
2	swear	past	ngl			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	search	would	king	every island		vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent island=Location

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

he said he'd never rest till he found the tree and married the girl who found it

The tree, 18 words

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rest	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 rest	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 rest	advmod
6	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 found	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rest	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 married	cc
13	married	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 girl	det
15	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 married	obj
16	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 found	nsubj
17	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 girl	acl:relcl
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not rest	would	he		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	past	he	the tree	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Topic
4	marry	past	he not said here	the girl	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Patient
5	find	past	the girl	tree	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

he said he'd sail every sea

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sail	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 sail	aux
5	sail	sail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 sea	det
7	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sail	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	sail	would	he	every sea					vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sea=Theme

Option 3

he said he'd never rest till he found the tree and brought it home

The tree, 15 words

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rest	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 rest	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 rest	advmod
6	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 found	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rest	advcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 brought	cc
13	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 said	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 brought	obj
15	home	home	ADV	_	13 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not rest	would	he			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	past	he	the tree		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Topic
4	bring	past	he not said here	tree	home property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he said he'd never rest till he found it

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 rest	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 rest	aux
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 rest	advmod
6	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
7	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 found	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 rest	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	not rest	would	he		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	past	he	it	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

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