Test 9 · ★ · The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabb…

Why'd the prince just wander into her field like that?

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

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1556 «The Blue Fairy Book, Princess Cabbage-Stalk, part 53: Cabbage-Stalk becomes Sunbeam, and a sleepy princess meets a shepherd» 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 prince	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 prince	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wander	obl
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 wander	advmod
6	wander	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 field	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 field	nmod:poss
9	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wander	obl
10	like	like	ADP	_	11 that	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	9 field	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 wander	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wander	present		the prince		her field like that			vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into field=Destination

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 · ✓ the right answer

He was looking for shade for his sheep, innit

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 looking	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 looking	aux
3	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 shade	case
5	shade	shade	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 looking	obl
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 sheep	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sheep	nmod:poss
8	sheep	sheep	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 looking	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 innit	punct
10	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sheep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past · progressive	He					for shade; for his sheep and innit	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shade=Theme

Option 2

He was lost, innit

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 lost	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 innit	punct
5	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		He					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	innit	infinitive							tree rules

Option 3

He was chasing a runaway goat, innit

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 chasing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chasing	aux
3	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 goat	det
5	runaway	runaway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 goat	amod
6	goat	goat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chasing	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 goat	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · progressive	He	a runaway goat and innit					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent goat=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He was hunting for the eagle, innit

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 hunting	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hunting	aux
3	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 eagle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagle	det
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hunting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 innit	punct
8	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 eagle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hunt	past · progressive	He					for the eagle and innit	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for eagle=Theme

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