Test 2 · ★ · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

bro, how did she dip from that castle with all the doors shut?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: she · What happens: dip, shut · To what, where: castle, doors

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1329 «Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magic gifts and chooses an honest life» 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	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dip	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 dip	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 dip	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 dip	aux
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dip	nsubj
6	dip	dip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dip	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 doors	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 doors	det:predet
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 doors	det
13	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 castle	nmod
14	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 doors	acl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 dip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dip	past · do-support	she			that castle with all doors		bro vocative	vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from castle=Location
2	shut	participle		all doors not said here					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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 had a magic feather and a box, and she used the feather to make the guards sleep while she walked past them quietly

The tree, 24 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 feather	det
4	magic	magic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feather	compound
5	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 had	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 box	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 box	det
8	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feather	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 used	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 used	cc
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 used	nsubj
12	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sleep	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 feather	det
14	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 used	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 make	mark
16	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 used	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 guards	det
18	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 make	obj
19	sleep	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres Typo=Yes VerbForm=Fin	2 had	conj
20	while	while	SCONJ	_	22 walked	mark
21	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 walked	nsubj
22	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 sleep	ccomp
23	past	past	ADP	_	24 them	case
24	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 walked	obl
25	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	22 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	a magic feather and a box		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient
2	use	past	she	the feather		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent feather=Patient
3	make	to-infinitive	she not said here	the guards		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset guard=Product
4	sleep	present	she not said here			tree rules
5	walk	past	she		past guards = guard; quietly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past they=Trajectory

Option 2

she sneaked out the back while they were busy

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 sneaked	nsubj
2	sneaked	sneak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 sneaked	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 back	det
5	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sneaked	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 busy	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 busy	nsubj
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 busy	cop
9	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sneaked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sneak out	past	she	the back					vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Agent
2	is	past	they					busy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

she used her copper pin and made everyone count cabbages

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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pin	nmod:poss
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pin	compound
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 made	cc
7	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 used	conj
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 made	obj
9	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 made	xcomp
10	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 count	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	use	past	she	her copper pin	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Patient
2	make	past	she not said here	everyone	tree rules
3	count	infinitive	everyone not said here	cabbages	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme

Option 4

she used her copper pin, and then everyone in the whole hall started counting cabbages out loud, so nobody saw her leave at all

The tree, 24 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 used	nsubj
2	used	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 pin	nmod:poss
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pin	compound
5	pin	pin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 used	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 started	punct
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 started	cc
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 started	advmod
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	14 started	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	13 hall	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 hall	det
12	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 hall	amod
13	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 everyone	nmod
14	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 used	conj
15	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 started	xcomp
16	cabbages	cabbage	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 counting	obj
17	out	out	ADV	_	18 loud	advmod
18	loud	loud	ADV	_	15 counting	advmod
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 saw	punct
20	so	so	ADV	_	22 saw	advmod
21	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	22 saw	nsubj
22	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 used	conj
23	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 saw	obj
24	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 saw	xcomp
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 all	case
26	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	24 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	past	she	her copper pin				vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pin=Patient
2	start	past	everyone			then		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	count	gerund	everyone not said here	cabbages			loud property	vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cabbage=Theme
4	see	past	nobody	her = she				tree rules
5	leave	infinitive	her = she not said here		all			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at all=Location

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