Test 10 · ★ · West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the thre…
Why do they wait until it's dark?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, it · What happens: wait, be
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1516 «West Highland Tales, The Steed of Bells, part 13: the three princes set out with the Thief of Sloan to reach the Knight's castle» 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 wait | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 wait | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wait | nsubj |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 8 dark | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dark | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dark | cop |
| 8 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 wait | advcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 wait | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | present · do-support | they | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | dark property | tree rules |
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 · ✓ the right answer
Everyone's asleep, that's the only chance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 asleep | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asleep | cop |
| 3 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 chance | punct |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 chance | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 chance | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 chance | det |
| 8 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 chance | amod |
| 9 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asleep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Everyone | asleep property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | the only chance | tree rules |
Option 2
Everyone's asleep by then, that's the only real chance they've got
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 asleep | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 asleep | cop |
| 3 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 then | case |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 asleep | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 chance | punct |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 12 chance | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 chance | cop |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 chance | det |
| 10 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 chance | amod |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 chance | amod |
| 12 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 asleep | conj |
| 13 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 got | nsubj |
| 14 | 've | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 got | aux |
| 15 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 12 chance | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Everyone | asleep property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | the only real chance | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | get | present · perfect | they | the only real chance not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chance=Stimulus |
Option 3
Because at night everyone's asleep and the steed is easy to take then
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 asleep | mark |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 asleep | obl |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 6 asleep | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 asleep | cop |
| 6 | asleep | asleep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 easy | cc |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 steed | det |
| 9 | steed | steed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 easy | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 easy | cop |
| 11 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 asleep | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 take | mark |
| 13 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 easy | csubj |
| 14 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 13 take | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | everyone | night | asleep property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | is | present | the steed | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | take | to-infinitive | then | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Everyone's out hunting, so it's easier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 hunting | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hunting | aux |
| 3 | out | out | ADV | _ | 4 hunting | advmod |
| 4 | hunting | hunt | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 easier | punct |
| 6 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 easier | advmod |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 easier | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 easier | cop |
| 9 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 hunting | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hunt | present · progressive | Everyone | out property | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Everyone not said here | easy property | tree rules |
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