Test 4 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess…

So the old lady sent him to the castle, yeah?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old lady · What happens: send · To what, where: him, castle

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1557 «Yellow Fairy Book, Prince Peerless, part 54: the Princess is turned into a grasshopper, and the Prince refuses the Fairy's offer» 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	So	so	ADV	_	5 sent	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	nsubj
5	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sent	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sent	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct
11	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sent	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sent	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	the old lady	him = he		the castle			vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to castle=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she pointed the way and told him he'd catch up with her later at the castle gates by the river

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pointed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pointed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pointed	nsubj
4	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 told	cc
8	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pointed	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 told	iobj
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 catch	nsubj
11	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 catch	aux
12	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 told	ccomp
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 catch	compound:prt
14	with	with	ADP	_	20 gates	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 gates	nmod:poss
16	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	20 gates	advmod
17	at	at	ADP	_	20 gates	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gates	det
19	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 gates	compound
20	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 catch	obl
21	by	by	ADP	_	23 river	case
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 river	det
23	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	point	past	she	the way			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	tell speech: assert	past	she not said here		him = he		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
3	catch up	would	he			with her castle gates; by the river	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, she pointed the way and said he'd find the castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pointed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pointed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pointed	nsubj
4	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pointed	conj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 find	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 find	aux
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 castle	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	point	past	she	the way	vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	she not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	find	would	he	the castle	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Topic

Option 3

Yeah, she pointed the way to the castle and said he'd catch up with her once the cats had gone to sleep

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pointed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pointed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pointed	nsubj
4	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointed	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 castle	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 castle	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointed	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 said	cc
11	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pointed	conj
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 catch	nsubj
13	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 catch	aux
14	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 said	ccomp
15	up	up	ADP	_	14 catch	compound:prt
16	with	with	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 catch	obl
18	once	once	SCONJ	_	22 gone	mark
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 cats	det
20	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 gone	nsubj
21	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 gone	aux
22	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	14 catch	advcl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 sleep	mark
24	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	22 gone	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	point	past	she	the way	the castle		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent way=Theme to castle=Recipient
2	say speech: assert	past	she not said here				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	catch up	would	he			with her = she	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	go	past · perfect	the cats				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	sleep	to-infinitive	the cats not said here				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she pointed the way and said he'd catch up with her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 pointed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 pointed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 pointed	nsubj
4	pointed	point	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pointed	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 said	cc
8	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 pointed	conj
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 catch	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 catch	aux
11	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 said	ccomp
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 catch	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	point	past	she	the way		vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	she not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	catch up	would	he		with her = she	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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