Test 1 · ★ · Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her l…

yo so the girl yanks on that rosemary and some dude pops up, what's he even doing in the woods?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, dude · What happens: yank, pop up, do · To what, where: woods

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1652 «Household Stories, Rosemary, part 41: a maiden seeks her lost husband, helped by the Sun, the Moon and the Wind» 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	yo	yo	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yanks	nsubj
2	so	so	SCONJ	_	4 girl	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 girl	det
4	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 yo	nmod
5	yanks	yank	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 rosemary	case
7	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 rosemary	det
8	rosemary	rosemary	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 yanks	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 pops	cc
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	11 dude	det
11	dude	dude	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 pops	nsubj
12	pops	pop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 yanks	conj
13	up	up	ADP	_	12 pops	compound:prt
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 doing	punct
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 doing	obj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 doing	aux
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 doing	nsubj
18	even	even	ADV	_	19 doing	advmod
19	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 pops	advcl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 woods	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 woods	det
22	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 doing	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 yanks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	yank	present	yo so the girl		on that rosemary	vn push-12-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent on rosemary=Theme
2	pop up	present	some dude			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	present · progressive	dude	the woods		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

he says she's nicking his firewood and he wants her arrested

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nicking	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nicking	aux
5	nicking	nick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 firewood	nmod:poss
7	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicking	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 wants	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wants	nsubj
10	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 says	conj
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 wants	obj
12	arrested	arrest	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 wants	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	nick	present · progressive	she	his firewood	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient
3	want	present	he	her = she	tree rules
4	arrest not said to happen	participle	her = she not said here		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he says she's nicking his firewood

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 nicking	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 nicking	aux
5	nicking	nick	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 says	ccomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 firewood	nmod:poss
7	firewood	firewood	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nicking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	nick	present · progressive	she	his firewood					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent firewood=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

he reckons she's after his horse

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 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 horse	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 horse	cop
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 horse	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 horse	nmod:poss
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	he						vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	she				after his horse		tree rules

Option 4

he says she's lost her whole family

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 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 says	ccomp
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 family	nmod:poss
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 family	amod
8	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	he						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	present · passive		she					tree rules

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