Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56…

Did Bellah just sit by the pond and chill?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bellah · What happens: sit, chill

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1331 «Fairy Tales from Brittany, Houarn and the Groac'h, part 56: Bellah dresses as a young man, rides a magic horse, and turns the fairy into a toad» 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=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
2	Bellah	Bellah	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sit	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 sit	advmod
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sit	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 chill	cc
9	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 sit	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · do-support	Bellah					by the pond	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by pond=Location
2	chill	infinitive	Bellah not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: 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 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she sat with her chin in her hands staring at the fishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 chin	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 chin	nmod:poss
7	chin	chin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 hands	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 hands	nmod:poss
10	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sat	obl
11	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sat	advcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 fishes	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 fishes	det
14	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 staring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	she			her hands		with her chin	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in hand=Location
2	stare	gerund	she not said here					at the fishes	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at fish=Theme

Option 2

Yeah, she lay on the bank with her head on her arm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lay	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lay	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lay	nsubj
4	lay	lie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 head	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 head	nmod:poss
10	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 arm	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 arm	nmod:poss
13	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lie	past	she			the bank		with her head; on her arm	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bank=Location

Option 3

Nah, she ran around the pond shouting at the fishes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	around	around	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 pond	acl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 fishes	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fishes	det
11	fishes	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	she			the pond			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around pond=Trajectory
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the pond not said here					at the fishes	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she sat by the pond

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 sat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 sat	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sat	nsubj
4	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 pond	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pond	det
7	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	she					by the pond	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by pond=Location

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