Test 5 · ★ · pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns th…

Bro, why couldn't anyone see the princess, though?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: anyone · What happens: not see · To what, where: princess

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1618 «pg5615 tales, The Flying Trunk, part 1: the hare drowns the Tanuki, then a poor merchant's son flies off to the Turks» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 see	advmod
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
6	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Bro	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 princess	det
9	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 though	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	7 see	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	could	anyone	the princess					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer princess=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

Cause her father had hidden her away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	5 hidden	mark
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 father	nmod:poss
3	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hidden	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hidden	aux
5	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hidden	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 hidden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide away	past · perfect	her father	her = she				away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Cause a wise old man once said the stars showed her marriage would bring nothing but ruin

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 said	parataxis
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
3	wise	wise	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 said	nsubj
6	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 said	advmod
7	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 stars	det
9	stars	star	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 showed	nsubj
10	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 said	ccomp
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 marriage	nmod:poss
12	marriage	marriage	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 bring	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 bring	aux
14	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 showed	ccomp
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 bring	obj
16	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 ruin	cc
17	ruin	ruin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 nothing	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	say speech: assert	past	a wise old man		once property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	show	past	the stars			vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	bring	would	her marriage	nothing		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent nothing=Theme
5	marry		her = she			nom marriage «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Cause it was prophesied she'd be unlucky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	SCONJ	_	4 prophesied	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 prophesied	nsubj:pass
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 prophesied	aux:pass
4	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 unlucky	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 unlucky	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 unlucky	cop
8	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prophesied	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prophesy	past · passive		it					vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	is	would	she					unlucky property	tree rules

Option 4

Cause the nurse had prophesied that she'd be unlucky and kept her locked in her room

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 nurse	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 nurse	det
3	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prophesied	nsubj:pass
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prophesied	aux
5	prophesied	prophesy	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 unlucky	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 unlucky	nsubj
8	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 unlucky	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 unlucky	cop
10	unlucky	unlucky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 prophesied	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kept	cc
12	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 prophesied	conj
13	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 kept	obj
14	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 kept	xcomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 room	case
16	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 room	nmod:poss
17	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive					vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	prophesy	past · perfect · passive		the Cause nurse			vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	is	would	she			unlucky property	tree rules
4	keep	past		her = she			tree rules
5	lock	participle	her = she not said here		her room		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

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