Test 12 · ★ · Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, par…

Where did the bear first come from, then? Like, where's he from?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: bear, he · What happens: do, come, be · To what, where: bear

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1418 «Blue Fairy Book, East of the Sun and West of the Moon, part 5: the White Bear takes the youngest daughter home to her family, but she must keep a promise» 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

Sentence 1: Where did the bear first come from, then?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bear	det
4	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 come	advmod
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bear	acl:relcl
7	from	from	ADP	_	6 come	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 did	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the bear			then		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bear=Eventuality
2	come	present	the bear not said here					first property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Like, where's he from?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	3 where	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Like	punct
3	where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 where	cop
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 where	nsubj
6	from	from	ADP	_	3 where	case
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					where property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

He just turns up at the window at night, with no reason given and no one to ask about it

The tree, 20 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	3 turns	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 turns	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 night	case
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 reason	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 reason	case
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 reason	det
13	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	conj
14	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 reason	acl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 one	cc
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 one	det
17	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 given	conj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 ask	mark
19	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 given	advcl
20	about	about	ADP	_	21 it	case
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	present	He		the window	night		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at window=Location
2	give	participle		no reason not said here				vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient
3	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive					about reason	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V PP.topic whether S»: agent=Agent about it=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He just turns up at the window, no reason given

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	3 turns	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 turns	compound:prt
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 window	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 window	det
7	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 reason	punct
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 reason	det
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	conj
11	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 reason	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	present	He			the window			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at window=Location
2	give	participle		no reason not said here					vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

He turns up at the window every autumn night, having been cursed by a wicked witch long ago

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 turns	nsubj
2	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 turns	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 window	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 window	det
6	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
8	autumn	autumn	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 night	compound
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 turns	obl:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cursed	punct
11	having	have	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 cursed	aux
12	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	13 cursed	aux:pass
13	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 turns	conj
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 witch	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 witch	det
16	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 witch	amod
17	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cursed	obl
18	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 ago	advmod
19	ago	ago	ADV	_	13 cursed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn up	present	He			the window	night		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at window=Location
2	curse	gerund · perfect · passive	a wicked witch					ago property	vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He lives in the castle with a huge garden

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 lives	nsubj
2	lives	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 castle	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 castle	det
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 garden	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 garden	det
8	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 garden	amod
9	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lives	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	present	He			the castle		with a huge garden	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location

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