Test 6 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinne…

ok but how did the old man get the bed back to shore?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: old man · What happens: get · To what, where: bed

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1527 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Rosette, part 24: stolen dinners lead the King to the real 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	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 get	cc
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 ok	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bed	det
10	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
12	to	to	ADP	_	13 shore	case
13	shore	shore	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 back	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 ok	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past · do-support	the old man	the bed					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bed=Stimulus

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 tied it to the back of his boat

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	2 tied	nsubj
2	tied	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 tied	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tied	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 boat	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 boat	nmod:poss
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	past	he	it				to the back of his boat	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient to back=Co-Patient

Option 2

rowed it in with his oars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rowed	row	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 rowed	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	1 rowed	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 oars	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 oars	nmod:poss
6	oars	oar	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 rowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	row in	past		it				with his oars	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

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

dragged it with a boat-hook

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	dragged	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 dragged	obj
3	with	with	ADP	_	7 hook	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 hook	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hook	compound
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 boat	punct
7	hook	hook	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dragged	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag	past		it				with a boat hook	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

he waited for the tide to carry it in

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	2 waited	nsubj
2	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 tide	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tide	det
5	tide	tide	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 waited	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 carry	mark
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 waited	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 carry	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	2 waited	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	he					for the tide	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	carry	to-infinitive	he not said here	tide					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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