Test 9 · ★ · The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2:…

Wait, what did the cats do when they found each other?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, cats · What happens: wait, do, find · To what, where: each

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1613 «The Violet Fairy Book, How the Dragon Was Tricked, part 2: a clever youth tricks a king, a shepherd and a dragon» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 do	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	7 do	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cats	det
6	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 do	nsubj
7	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	10 found	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 found	nsubj
10	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 do	advcl
11	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	10 found	obj
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 each	fixed
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	do	past · do-support	the cats		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
3	find	past	cats = cat	each	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Topic

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

They ran off together and didn't stop until the palace garden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	together	together	ADV	_	2 ran	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 stop	cc
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 stop	advmod
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	conj
9	until	until	ADP	_	12 garden	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 palace	det
11	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 garden	compound
12	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	They					together property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not stop	past · do-support	They not said here				until palace garden		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

They rubbed noses and then sat down to sleep together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 rubbed	nsubj
2	rubbed	rub	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rubbed	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sat	cc
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sat	advmod
6	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 rubbed	conj
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 sat	advmod
8	to	to	PART	_	9 sleep	mark
9	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sat	advcl
10	together	together	ADV	_	9 sleep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	rub	past	They	noses			vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Theme
2	sit down	past	They not said here		then	down property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	sleep together	to-infinitive	They not said here			together property	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Rubbed noses and purred loud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbed	rub	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	noses	nose	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rubbed	obj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 purred	cc
4	purred	purr	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Rubbed	conj
5	loud	loud	ADV	_	4 purred	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	participle		noses					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent nose=Theme
2	purr	participle						loud property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

They hugged and wept loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 hugged	nsubj
2	hugged	hug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wept	cc
4	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 hugged	conj
5	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	4 wept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hug	past	They						vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	weep	past	They not said here					loudly property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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