Test 14 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming…

Why were the maids knocking heads, lol?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: maids · What happens: be, knock · To what, where: maids, heads

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 1459 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Goldilocks, part 46: Charming is freed, sent to win the Princess, and helped on the road by a carp, a raven and an owl» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 maids	advmod
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 maids	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 maids	det
4	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	knocking	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 maids	acl
6	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 knocking	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 lol	punct
8	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 maids	discourse
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 maids	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the maids					tree rules
2	knock	gerund	the maids not said here	heads					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent head=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice

They were fighting over who would get to see the handsome stranger first in the hall

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fighting	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 fighting	aux
3	fighting	fight	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	over	over	SCONJ	_	7 get	mark
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 get	nsubj
6	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 get	aux
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fighting	advcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 stranger	det
11	handsome	handsome	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stranger	amod
12	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obj
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 see	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 hall	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 hall	det
16	hall	hall	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	fight	past · progressive	They				vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	would					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	see	to-infinitive		the handsome stranger	the hall	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer stranger=Stimulus

Option 2

They hurried and tripped on skirts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hurried	nsubj
2	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tripped	cc
4	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hurried	conj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 skirts	case
6	skirts	skirt	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tripped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	past	They						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	trip	past	They not said here			skirts			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on skirt=Trajectory

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They rushed and got in each other's way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rushed	nsubj
2	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 got	cc
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rushed	conj
5	in	in	ADP	_	9 way	case
6	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	7 other	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 way	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 other	case
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 got	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	past	They						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	past	They not said here			each other's way			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

They rushed about the garret and got in each other's way while trying to see him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rushed	nsubj
2	rushed	rush	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	5 garret	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 garret	det
5	garret	garret	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 rushed	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 got	cc
7	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rushed	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	12 way	case
9	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 way	amod
11	's	's	PART	_	10 other	case
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 got	obl
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	14 trying	mark
14	trying	try	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 got	advcl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 see	mark
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 trying	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	rush	past	They			about the garret	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme about garret=Trajectory
2	get	past	They not said here		each other way		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	try	gerund	They not said here				vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	They not said here	him = he			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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