Test 8 · ★ · Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the…

So if he puts the cap on, can the fairies even see him or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: he, fairies · What happens: put on, see · To what, where: cap, him

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1457 «Perseus book, The Terrible Head, part 44: the boy wins the Cap, Sword and Shoes on his quest» 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	So	so	ADV	_	4 puts	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 puts	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 puts	nsubj
4	puts	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cap	det
6	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 puts	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	4 puts	compound:prt
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fairies	det
11	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 see	nsubj
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 puts	conj
14	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 what	cc
16	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 see	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 puts	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put on	present	he	the cap					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent cap=Goal
2	see	can	the fairies	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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, mostly, but the cap hides him from the fairies' eyes once he steps into the garden and stays still

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 mostly	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mostly	punct
3	mostly	mostly	ADV	_	8 hides	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hides	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 hides	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cap	det
7	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hides	nsubj
8	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hides	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	14 eyes	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fairies	det
12	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 eyes	nmod:poss
13	'	's	PART	_	12 fairies	case
14	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hides	obl
15	once	once	SCONJ	_	17 steps	mark
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 steps	nsubj
17	steps	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 hides	advcl
18	into	into	ADP	_	20 garden	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 garden	det
20	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 steps	obl
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 stays	cc
22	stays	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 steps	conj
23	still	still	ADV	_	22 stays	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	the cap	him = he	the fairies's eyes		mostly property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent he=Patient from eye=Beneficiary
2	step	present	he		the garden			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into garden=Destination
3	stay	present	he not said here			still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Nope, they can't see him at all, not even them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 see	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 them	punct
11	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 them	advmod
12	even	even	ADV	_	13 them	advmod
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	they	him = he		all			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3

Nope, the cap makes him totally invisible, so the fairies can't see him even when they look right at him

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 makes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cap	det
4	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 makes	nsubj
5	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 makes	obj
7	totally	totally	ADV	_	8 invisible	advmod
8	invisible	invisible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 see	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	15 see	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fairies	det
12	fairies	fairy	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 see	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 see	advmod
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 makes	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 see	obj
17	even	even	ADV	_	20 look	advmod
18	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 look	mark
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 look	nsubj
20	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 see	advcl
21	right	right	ADV	_	20 look	advmod
22	at	at	ADP	_	23 him	case
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	the cap	him = he	invisible property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material he=Product
2	not see	can	the fairies	him = he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
3	look	present	fairies = fairy		at him = he; right property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at he=Theme

Option 4

Nope, they can't see him, not even close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 close	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 close	advmod
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 close	advmod
11	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 see	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	they	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
2	not close	infinitive	they not said here						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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