Test 10 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11:…

why were the other guys so scared?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1622 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Christian the Smith, part 11: Christian guards the church, meets the dead princess, and bargains for a second night» 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	7 scared	advmod
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 scared	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guys	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 guys	amod
5	guys	guy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 were	nsubj
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 scared	advmod
7	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past						scared 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

cuz the princess would wake up angry and eat everyone in the whole barracks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wake	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 wake	aux
5	wake	wake	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	ccomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 wake	compound:prt
7	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wake	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 eat	cc
9	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 cuz	conj
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 eat	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 barracks	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 barracks	det
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 barracks	amod
14	barracks	barrack	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 eat	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here				tree rules
2	wake up	would	the princess			angry property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	eat	present	you not said here	everyone	the whole barracks		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient

Option 2

cuz they heard the princess ate the last guards alive in the church

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	nsubj
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 heard	nsubj
3	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cuz	acl:relcl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 princess	det
5	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 heard	obj
6	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 guards	det
8	last	last	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 guards	amod
9	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ate	obj
10	alive	alive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ate	xcomp
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 church	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 church	det
13	church	church	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ate	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past	they	the princess					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer princess=Stimulus
2	eat	past	cuz	the last guards		the church		alive property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient

Option 3

cuz the dead lady might bite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lady	det
3	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lady	amod
4	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bite	nsubj
5	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 bite	aux
6	bite	bite	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bite	might	the dead lady	cuz not said here					vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cuz=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

cuz the princess might eat them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cuz	cuz	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 princess	det
3	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	nsubj
4	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 eat	aux
5	eat	eat	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cuz	ccomp
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eat	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cuz	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	eat	might	the princess	them = they					vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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