Test 4 · ★ · Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince…

Wait, how long did the Prince mope about, like proper gutted?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: wait, do, gut · To what, where: Prince mope

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1455 «Finnish Tales, The Water-Lily Maiden, part 42: the Prince dives into the river as a crab» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 long	advmod
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 did	advmod
5	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mope	det
7	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mope	compound
8	mope	mope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 did	obj
9	about	about	ADV	_	5 did	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 gutted	punct
11	like	like	SCONJ	_	13 gutted	mark
12	proper	properly	ADV	_	13 gutted	advmod
13	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Wait	parataxis
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past	you not said here	the Prince mope	about, long property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mope=Eventuality
3	gut	participle			properly property	vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

Like absolutely ages, bruv, he locked himself in his room and wouldn't come out for nothing

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	INTJ	_	3 ages	discourse
2	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	3 ages	advmod
3	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bruv	nmod:poss
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 ages	punct
5	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 locked	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bruv	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 locked	nsubj
8	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	8 locked	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 room	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 room	nmod:poss
12	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 locked	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 come	cc
14	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 come	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 come	advmod
16	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 locked	conj
17	out	out	ADV	_	16 come	advmod
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 nothing	case
19	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	16 come	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past	ages's bruv	bruv		bruv's room			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent himself=Patient
2	not come out	would	ages's bruv not said here					for nothing; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Proper ages, mate, he was stuck in his room with the curtains shut the whole time, innit

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ages	amod
2	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 shut	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 mate	punct
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ages	appos
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stuck	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	cop
8	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ages	acl:relcl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 room	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 room	nmod:poss
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 curtains	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 curtains	det
14	curtains	curtain	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 room	nmod
15	shut	shut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 time	det
17	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 time	amod
18	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shut	obj
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 innit	punct
20	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shut	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he	Proper ages not said here		his room with the curtains		stuck property	tree rules
2	shut	past	Proper ages				time		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Six weeks, bruv, shut in a room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Six	six	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 weeks	nummod
2	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bruv	punct
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 weeks	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 shut	punct
6	shut	shut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 weeks	acl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 room	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 room	det
9	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shut	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shut	participle		Six weeks and bruv not said here		a room			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Like three weeks, locked up tight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Like	like	ADP	_	3 weeks	case
2	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 weeks	nummod
3	weeks	week	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 locked	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 weeks	punct
5	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 locked	compound:prt
7	tight	tight	ADV	_	5 locked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock up	participle					week	tight property	vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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