Test 12 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to los…

ok last one, how did the brothers feel when they got left alone?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: brothers · What happens: feel, leave · To what, where: brothers

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1467 «Fairy Tales, Little Thumb, part 1: the parents plan to lose their sons in the forest, and Little Thumb leaves a trail of white pebbles» 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
2	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 one	amod
3	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 feel	punct
5	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	9 feel	advmod
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 feel	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brothers	det
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 feel	nsubj
9	feel	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 one	acl:relcl
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 left	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	nsubj
12	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 left	aux:pass
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 feel	advcl
14	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 left	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past · do-support	the brothers						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	leave	past · passive		brothers = brother				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=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.

The options

Option 1

They laughed and started building a fort

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 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 started	cc
4	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	building	build	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 started	xcomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fort	det
7	fort	fort	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 building	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	laugh	past	They		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	start	past	They not said here		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	build	gerund	They not said here	a fort	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset fort=Product

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

They cried as loud as they could

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 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	as	as	ADV	_	4 loud	advmod
4	loud	loud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	xcomp
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	7 could	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 could	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	2 cried	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	They					loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

They ran off to look for a farm

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 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 look	mark
5	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	advcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 farm	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 farm	det
8	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	They						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	They not said here					for a farm	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for farm=Theme

Option 4

They sang happy songs together

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 songs	amod
4	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sang	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	2 sang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	They	happy songs				together property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

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