Test 2 · ★ · Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops…

Wait, how did Ciccu even nick the sword from that big Man-eater?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, Ciccu · What happens: wait, nick · To what, where: sword, big Man eater

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1674 «Italian Popular Tales, Ciccu, part 63: the princess drops her veil and ring, and Ciccu must fetch the veil» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 nick	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 nick	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 nick	aux
5	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 nick	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 nick	advmod
7	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 sword	det
9	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nick	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	15 eater	case
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 eater	nsubj
12	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 eater	amod
13	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 eater	compound
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 Man	punct
15	eater	eater	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 nick	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	nick	past · do-support	Ciccu	the sword		big Man eater			vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent sword=Theme from eater=Source

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 bribed the guard with some gold

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 bribed	nsubj
2	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guard	det
4	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 gold	case
6	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 gold	det
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bribed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	He	the guard				with some gold	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guard=Patient

Option 2

Loads of mosquitos buzzed about so the Man-eater never heard a thing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 mosquitos	case
3	mosquitos	mosquito	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Loads	nmod
4	buzzed	buzz	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mosquitos	acl
5	about	about	ADV	_	4 buzzed	advmod
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	12 heard	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 eater	det
8	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 eater	compound
9	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 Man	punct
10	eater	eater	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	nsubj
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 heard	advmod
12	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 buzzed	advcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 thing	det
14	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buzz about	participle		mosquitos not said here				about property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	past	the Man eater	a thing					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 3

Mosquitos kept him up all night so he never heard Ciccu

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mosquitos	Mosquitos	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 kept	compound:prt
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 night	det
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 kept	obl:unmarked
7	so	so	ADV	_	10 heard	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 heard	nsubj
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 heard	advmod
10	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	parataxis
11	Ciccu	Ciccu	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 heard	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep up	past	Mosquitos	him = he			night		vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	not hear	past	Mosquitos	Ciccu					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer ciccu=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Mosquitos kept him up, so he never heard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mosquitos	Mosquitos	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 kept	nsubj
2	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 kept	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 kept	compound:prt
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 heard	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 heard	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 heard	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 heard	advmod
9	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 kept	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep up	past	Mosquitos	him = he					vn sustain-55.6 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent he=Theme
2	not hear	past	Mosquitos						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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