Test 10 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 6…

did Désiré ditch her to get the carriage, or what

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Désiré · What happens: ditch, get · To what, where: her, carriage

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1564 «Orange Fairy Book, Prince Désiré and Princess Zizi, part 61: the last orange holds a thirsty canary, then Titty comes to the well» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 ditch	aux
2	Désiré	Désiré	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ditch	nsubj
3	ditch	ditch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ditch	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ditch	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 carriage	det
8	carriage	carriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 what	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 what	cc
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 ditch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ditch	past · do-support	Désiré	her = she					tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	Désiré not said here	the carriage					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer carriage=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

he said he'd be back in an hour with carriages

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 back	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 back	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 back	cop
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 said	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hour	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hour	det
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	obl
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 carriages	case
11	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he					with carriages	vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent with carriage=Manner
2	is	would	he				hour	back property	tree rules

Option 2

he said he'd be back in an hour with carriages and horses, and she should wait quietly by the fountain

The tree, 21 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	2 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 hour	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 hour	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 hour	cop
6	back	back	ADV	_	9 hour	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 hour	case
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 hour	det
9	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	ccomp
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 carriages	case
11	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 hour	nmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 horses	cc
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 carriages	conj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 wait	punct
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wait	cc
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 wait	nsubj
17	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 wait	aux
18	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	conj
19	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	18 wait	advmod
20	by	by	ADP	_	22 fountain	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fountain	det
22	fountain	fountain	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	he	in a hour	with carriages and horses	tree rules
3	wait	should	she		by the fountain; quietly property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by fountain=Location

Option 3

he said he'd fetch a cart and some food

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fetch	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fetch	aux
5	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 said	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cart	det
7	cart	cart	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fetch	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 food	cc
9	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	10 food	det
10	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cart	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fetch	would	he	a cart and some food					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cart=Theme

Option 4

he said he'd be back by the next morning

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 said	nsubj
2	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 back	nsubj
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 back	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 back	cop
6	back	back	ADV	_	2 said	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 morning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 morning	det
9	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 morning	amod
10	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 said	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he				morning		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	would	he					back property	tree rules

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