Test 8 · ★ · Breton Fairy Tales, Tephany: a proud beauty loses her magi…

and Denis was all about the pearls, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Denis · What happens: be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 pearls	cc
2	Denis	Denis	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 pearls	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 pearls	cop
4	all	all	ADV	_	7 pearls	advmod
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 pearls	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pearls	det
7	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 pearls	punct
9	right	right	INTJ	_	7 pearls	discourse
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 pearls	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Denis					about the pearls; all property	tree rules

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

nah, he was more into the feather, and he kept asking the fairy to give him one too, though she never answered

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 more	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 more	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 more	cop
5	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 feather	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 feather	det
8	feather	feather	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 more	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 kept	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	nsubj
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 more	conj
13	asking	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 kept	xcomp
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 fairy	det
15	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 asking	obj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 give	mark
17	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 asking	ccomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 give	iobj
19	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 give	obj
20	too	too	ADV	_	17 give	advmod
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 answered	punct
22	though	though	SCONJ	_	25 answered	mark
23	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 answered	nsubj
24	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	25 answered	advmod
25	answered	answer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 more	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			the feather	more property	tree rules
2	keep	past	he					tree rules
3	ask speech: ask	gerund	he not said here		the fairy			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent fairy=Recipient clause=Topic
4	give not said to happen	to-infinitive		one	fairy			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient one=Theme
5	not answer speech: assert	past	she					vn reciprocate-112-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

yeah, he dropped to his knees and scooped up the pearls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 knees	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 knees	nmod:poss
7	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dropped	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 scooped	cc
9	scooped	scoop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dropped	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 scooped	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pearls	det
12	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dropped	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	the pearls		his knees			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme to knee=Destination
2	scoop up	participle	he not said here						vn funnel-9.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he was on his knees grabbing them and wanting his share

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 grabbing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 grabbing	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grabbing	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 grabbing	aux
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 knees	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 knees	nmod:poss
7	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 grabbing	obl
8	grabbing	grab	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 grabbing	obj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wanting	cc
11	wanting	want	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 grabbing	conj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 share	nmod:poss
13	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wanting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	grab	past · progressive	he	knees = knee	his knees	vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	want	gerund	he not said here	his share		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot share=Theme
3	share		his = he			nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

yeah, he dropped to his knees on the floor, grabbing as many pearls as he could find and insisting that he deserved his share of every single one

The tree, 28 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 dropped	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 knees	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 knees	nmod:poss
7	knees	knee	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dropped	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 grabbing	punct
12	grabbing	grab	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 dropped	advcl
13	as	as	ADV	_	14 many	advmod
14	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 pearls	amod
15	pearls	pearl	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 grabbing	obj
16	as	as	SCONJ	_	19 find	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 find	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 find	aux
19	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 grabbing	advcl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 insisting	cc
21	insisting	insist	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	19 find	obj
22	that	that	SCONJ	_	24 deserved	mark
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 deserved	nsubj
24	deserved	deserve	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 insisting	ccomp
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 share	nmod:poss
26	share	share	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 deserved	obj
27	of	of	ADP	_	30 one	case
28	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	30 one	det
29	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 one	amod
30	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	26 share	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he		the floor	to his knees	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent to knee=Destination on floor=Initial_Location
2	grab	gerund	he not said here	many pearls			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pearl=Theme
3	find	could	he				vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
4	insist speech: other	gerund					vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	deserve	past	he	his share of every single one			tree rules
6	share		his = he	every single one			nom share «possession transitive»: poss=agent of=patient

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