Test 9 · ★ · Grimm, Trusty John, part 69: the King sees the golden pict…

why's trusty john playing the fiddle on the ship?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: trusty john · What happens: play · To what, where: fiddle, ship

This is test 9 · ★ 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 playing	advmod
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 playing	aux
3	trusty	trusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 john	amod
4	john	john	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	nsubj
5	playing	play	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fiddle	det
7	fiddle	fiddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 ship	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 ship	det
10	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 playing	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 playing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	present · progressive	trusty john	the fiddle		the ship			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fiddle=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

he's practicing for the wedding, honestly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 practicing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 practicing	aux
3	practicing	practice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 wedding	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wedding	det
6	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 practicing	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 honestly	punct
8	honestly	honestly	ADV	_	3 practicing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	practice	present · progressive	he					for the wedding; honestly property	vn rehearse-26.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

he's just relaxing and doesn't care lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 relaxing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 relaxing	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 relaxing	advmod
4	relaxing	relaxing	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 care	cc
6	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 care	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 care	advmod
8	care	care	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 relaxing	parataxis
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	8 care	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					relaxing property	tree rules
2	not care	present · do-support							vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

he's just vibing and overheard the ravens, lol

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 vibing	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 vibing	aux
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 vibing	advmod
4	vibing	vibe	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 overheard	cc
6	overheard	overhear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 vibing	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ravens	det
8	ravens	raven	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 overheard	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 vibing	punct
10	lol	lol	INTJ	_	4 vibing	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	vibe	present · progressive	he						tree rules
2	overhear	past	he not said here	the ravens					vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer raven=Stimulus

Option 4

to annoy the sailors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 annoy	mark
2	annoy	annoy	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sailors	det
4	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 annoy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	annoy	to-infinitive		the sailors					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus sailor=Experiencer

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