Test 7 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, The Three Oranges, part 60: Désiré oils…

Why did the gate just go all cool and open on its own?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: do, go · To what, where: gate

This is test 7 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
7	all	all	ADV	_	8 cool	advmod
8	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 go	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 open	cc
10	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cool	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 own	case
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 own	nmod:poss
13	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 cool	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the gate					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gate=Eventuality
2	go	present						cool property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 sang an old song loud

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 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 song	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 song	amod
5	song	song	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obj
6	loud	loud	ADV	_	2 sang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	He	a old song				loud property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He oiled the hinges with that little bottle

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 oiled	nsubj
2	oiled	oil	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 hinges	det
4	hinges	hinge	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 oiled	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 bottle	case
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 bottle	det
7	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bottle	amod
8	bottle	bottle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 oiled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	oil	past	He	the hinges				with that little bottle	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent hinge=Destination with bottle=Theme

Option 3

He pulled the big bars one by one with his strong arms

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 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bars	det
4	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bars	amod
5	bars	bar	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obj
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 pulled	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 one	case
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 one	nmod
9	with	with	ADP	_	12 arms	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 arms	nmod:poss
11	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 arms	amod
12	arms	arm	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	He	the big bars				with his strong arms	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent bar=Theme one=Result

Option 4

The guards had left it unlocked so the Prior could walk through at dawn

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 left	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	aux
4	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 unlocked	nsubj
6	unlocked	unlock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 left	ccomp
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 walk	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 Prior	det
9	Prior	Prior	PROPN	Number=Sing	11 walk	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 walk	aux
11	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 unlocked	advcl
12	through	through	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 dawn	case
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect	the guards		tree rules
2	unlock	past	it		vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	walk	could	the Prior	dawn	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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