Test 11 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless prin…

Why did the princes keep quiet for ages?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: princes · What happens: keep

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1653 «Pink Fairy Book, The White Dove, part 1: two reckless princes promise their unborn brother to a witch to escape a storm» 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	5 keep	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princes	det
4	princes	prince	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	xcomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 ages	case
8	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 keep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · do-support	the princes				for ages	quiet property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 had forgotten the oath

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	3 forgotten	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 forgotten	aux
3	forgotten	forget	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 oath	det
5	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forgotten	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	forget	past · perfect	they	the oath					tree rules

Option 2

they hoped the witch would forget the oath and leave them alone

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 hoped	nsubj
2	hoped	hope	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 witch	det
4	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forget	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 forget	aux
6	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hoped	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 oath	det
8	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forget	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 leave	cc
10	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 forget	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 leave	obj
12	alone	alone	ADV	_	10 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hope	past	they			vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	forget	would	the witch	the oath		tree rules
3	leave	infinitive	the witch not said here	them = they	alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they never mentioned the promise

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	3 mentioned	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 mentioned	advmod
3	mentioned	mention	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 promise	det
5	promise	promise	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mentioned	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mention speech: other	past	they	the promise					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent promise=Topic

Option 4

they feared their father would learn of the bargain and punish them all

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 feared	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 father	nmod:poss
4	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learn	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 learn	aux
6	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 feared	ccomp
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bargain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bargain	det
9	bargain	bargain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learn	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 punish	cc
11	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 learn	conj
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 punish	obj
13	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 them	nmod:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fear	past	they			vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	learn	would	their father		of the bargain	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent of bargain=Topic
3	punish	infinitive	their father not said here	them = they		vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

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