Test 12 · ★ · d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the…

Was the Duchess's castle close by or miles away?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: castle

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1540 «d'Aulnoy Fairy Tales, Graciosa and Percinet, part 37: the Wicked King's ruin and Grumbly's crown-filled casks» 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	Was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 castle	cop
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Duchess	det
3	Duchess	Duchess	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 castle	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 Duchess	case
5	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 castle	amod
7	by	by	ADP	_	6 close	fixed
8	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 miles	cc
9	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 castle	conj
10	away	away	ADV	_	9 miles	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 castle	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the Duchess's castle or miles					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

Miles away, bruv, a whole day's ride through the forest and over the hills, past the river and the ruined mill.

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 away	obl:unmarked
2	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 away	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 ride	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 day	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ride	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 day	case
10	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bruv	conj
11	through	through	ADP	_	13 forest	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 forest	det
13	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ride	nmod
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 hills	cc
15	over	over	ADP	_	17 hills	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 hills	det
17	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bruv	conj
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 river	punct
19	past	past	ADP	_	21 river	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 river	det
21	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bruv	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 mill	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 mill	det
24	ruined	ruin	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	25 mill	amod
25	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bruv	conj
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ruin	participle							vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	ride		a whole day			the forest			nom ride «act transitive»: poss=agent through=place

Option 2

Dead far, mate, a long trek over the marshes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dead	dead	ADV	_	2 far	advmod
2	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 far	punct
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 far	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 trek	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 trek	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 trek	amod
8	trek	trek	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mate	conj
9	over	over	ADP	_	11 marshes	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 marshes	det
11	marshes	marsh	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 trek	nmod
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 far	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

Far away, bruv, a long way through the forest hills.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 away	advmod
2	away	away	ADV	_	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct
4	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 away	nsubj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 way	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bruv	conj
9	through	through	ADP	_	12 hills	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 hills	det
11	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 hills	compound
12	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bruv	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 away	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Close, not far off, like just round the corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 off	punct
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 off	advmod
4	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 off	advmod
5	off	off	ADV	_	1 Close	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 corner	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	11 corner	case
8	just	just	ADV	_	11 corner	advmod
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 corner	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 corner	det
11	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here					like the corner; off property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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