Test 10 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

So like, why was he so thirsty out on that plain at lunch?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: be · To what, where: plain

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1563 «Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils the gate, pleases the helpers, and reaches a thirsty sandy plain» 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	_	8 thirsty	advmod
2	like	like	INTJ	_	8 thirsty	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 like	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 thirsty	advmod
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 thirsty	cop
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 thirsty	nsubj
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 thirsty	advmod
8	thirsty	thirsty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 thirsty	compound:prt
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 plain	case
11	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 plain	det
12	plain	plain	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thirsty	obl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 lunch	case
14	lunch	lunch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 plain	nmod
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 thirsty	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			that plain at lunch		thirsty 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

He had given all his water to the dog and the horse at the start of the morning

The tree, 18 words

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 given	nsubj:pass
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 given	aux
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 water	det:predet
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 water	nmod:poss
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 dog	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 dog	det
9	dog	dog	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl:agent
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 horse	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horse	det
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 dog	conj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 start	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 start	det
15	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 given	obl
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 morning	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 morning	det
18	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 start	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	past · perfect · passive	the dog and the horse	He		the start of the morning			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient water=Theme at start=Asset
2	start			the morning					nom start «event transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The sun was boiling and he was dry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 boiling	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 boiling	aux
4	boiling	boil	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 dry	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 dry	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 dry	cop
8	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boiling	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	boil	past · progressive	the sun						vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	past	sun					dry property	tree rules

Option 3

The sun was blazing overhead and he had drunk nothing since the castle gate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 sun	det
2	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 blazing	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 blazing	aux
4	blazing	blaze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	overhead	overhead	ADV	_	4 blazing	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 drunk	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 drunk	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 drunk	aux
9	drunk	drink	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 blazing	conj
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	9 drunk	obj
11	since	since	ADP	_	14 gate	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 gate	det
13	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 gate	compound
14	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drunk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blaze	past · progressive	the sun					overhead property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	drink	past · perfect	sun	nothing			since the castle gate		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Patient

Option 4

He was just really hungry

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	5 hungry	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hungry	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 hungry	advmod
4	really	really	ADV	_	5 hungry	advmod
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	He					hungry property	tree rules

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