Test 10 · ★ · Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves h…

the old couple cried when he left, that's so sad ngl

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old couple, couple, that · What happens: cry, leave, be · To what, where: sad ngl · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1380 «Japanese Fairy Tales, Momotaro, part 40: Momotaro leaves home and gains a dog» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 couple	det
2	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 couple	amod
3	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 left	advmod
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 left	nsubj
7	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ngl	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 ngl	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 ngl	cop
11	so	so	ADV	_	12 sad	advmod
12	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 ngl	amod
13	ngl	ngl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	the old couple		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leave	past	couple		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is a	present	that	sad ngl	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

Yeah, they waved from the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 waved	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 waved	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waved	nsubj
4	waved	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	past	they			the door			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, their eyes were full of tears, but they also smiled and told him to be safe

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 full	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 smiled	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 smiled	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 smiled	nsubj
12	also	also	ADV	_	13 smiled	advmod
13	smiled	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 full	parataxis
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 told	cc
15	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 smiled	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 told	iobj
17	to	to	PART	_	19 safe	mark
18	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 safe	cop
19	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 told	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	their eyes		of tears; full property	tree rules
2	smile	past	eyes = eye			vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	tell speech: assert	past	eyes = eye not said here	him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
4	is not said to happen	to-infinitive	eyes = eye not said here		safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, their eyes were full of tears, and they stood at the gate until he was gone

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 full	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stood	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 stood	cc
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stood	nsubj
12	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 full	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 gate	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 gate	det
15	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 stood	obl
16	until	until	SCONJ	_	19 gone	mark
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 gone	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 gone	cop
19	gone	gone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stood	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	their eyes		of tears; full property	tree rules
2	stand	past	eyes = eye	the gate		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at gate=Location
3	is	past	he		gone property	tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, their eyes were full of tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 full	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 full	punct
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 eyes	nmod:poss
4	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 full	cop
6	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 tears	case
8	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	their eyes					of tears; full property	tree rules

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