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Test 11 · ★ · Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's…

Why was the cook so keen to catch her, though? Nosy or what?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, catch · To what, where: cook

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1663 «Danish Fairy and Folk Tales, Maiden Bright-eye: the duck's secret and the wicked sister's end» 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

Sentence 1: Why was the cook so keen to catch her, though?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 cook	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cook	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 cook	det
4	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keen	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 keen	advmod
6	keen	keen	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 catch	mark
8	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 keen	xcomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 catch	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 though	punct
11	though	though	SCONJ	_	8 catch	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 keen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the cook					tree rules
2	catch	to-infinitive		cook					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: Nosy or what?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nosy	nosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	or	or	CCONJ	_	3 what	cc
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	1 Nosy	conj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Nosy	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

He had been told by the king to bring the duck to the palace

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	4 told	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 told	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 told	aux:pass
4	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	7 king	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 king	det
7	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 bring	mark
9	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 told	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 duck	det
11	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bring	obj
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 palace	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 palace	det
14	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · perfect · passive	the king	He					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient clause=Topic
2	bring not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the duck		the palace			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent duck=Theme to palace=Destination

Option 2

He wanted her for dinner

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 dinner	case
5	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	her = she				for dinner	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot she=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He wanted to see her up close

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 see	obj
6	up	up	ADV	_	7 close	advmod
7	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she				close property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

He wanted to take her home and keep her as a pet forever

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 take	mark
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 home	nmod:poss
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 keep	cc
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 take	conj
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 keep	obj
10	as	as	ADP	_	12 pet	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 pet	det
12	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obl
13	forever	forever	ADV	_	8 keep	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her home					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	He not said here	her = she				as a pet; forever property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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