Test 3 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

wait the gold pails were just sitting at the well??

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, gold pails · What happens: wait, sit · To what, where: well

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1482 «Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden picture, and the ship sails off with the Princess» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pails	det
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pails	compound
4	pails	pail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sitting	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sitting	aux
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 sitting	advmod
7	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	ccomp
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 well	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 well	det
10	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sitting	obl
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	sit	past · progressive	the gold pails			the well			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at well=Location

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, she had a couple of pails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 had	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 couple	det
6	couple	couple	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 pails	case
8	pails	pail	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 couple	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	she	a couple of pails					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent couple=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, she was at the well with two golden pails and a whole crowd of maids watching

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 well	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 well	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 well	cop
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 well	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 well	det
7	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 pails	case
9	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 pails	nummod
10	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 pails	amod
11	pails	pail	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 well	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 crowd	cc
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 crowd	det
14	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 crowd	amod
15	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 pails	conj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 maids	case
17	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 crowd	nmod
18	watching	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 crowd	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			the well		with two golden pails and a whole crowd of maids	tree rules
2	watch	gerund	a whole crowd of maids not said here						vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, she was chillin with two golden pails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 chillin	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 chillin	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 chillin	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 chillin	cop
5	chillin	chillin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 pails	case
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 pails	nummod
8	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 pails	amod
9	pails	pail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 chillin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	chillin				with two golden pails	tree rules

Option 4

yeah, she was carrying a silver jug

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 carrying	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 carrying	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 carrying	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 carrying	aux
5	carrying	carry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 jug	det
7	silver	silver	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 jug	amod
8	jug	jug	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carrying	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	past · progressive	she	a silver jug					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jug=Theme

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