Test 7 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem…

Why did the mystery bloke wait till dark to show himself?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mystery bloke · What happens: wait, show · To what, where: bloke

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 1696 «Fairy Tales, The Invisible Prince, part 20: a secret poem for Rosalie» 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	6 wait	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 wait	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bloke	det
4	mystery	mystery	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bloke	compound
5	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wait	nsubj
6	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	till	till	ADP	_	8 dark	case
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wait	advcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 show	mark
10	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 dark	xcomp
11	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 show	iobj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · do-support	the mystery bloke						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	show	to-infinitive	the mystery bloke not said here		bloke				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent himself=Recipient

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

Because he feared being spotted by Rosalie while others watched closely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 spotted	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 spotted	nsubj:pass
3	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spotted	aux:pass
4	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 spotted	aux:pass
5	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	7 Rosalie	case
7	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 spotted	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 watched	mark
9	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 watched	nsubj
10	watched	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 spotted	advcl
11	closely	closely	ADV	_	10 watched	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past · passive	Rosalie	he					vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent subject=Destination
2	watch	past	others					closely property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He feared being spotted by Rosalie in front of others

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 spotted	nsubj:pass
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 spotted	aux:pass
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 spotted	aux:pass
4	spotted	spot	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Rosalie	case
6	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 spotted	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 spotted	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spot	past · passive	Rosalie	He				in front of others	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent subject=Destination in front=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

He feared being seen by Rosalie with others

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 seen	nsubj
2	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 seen	aux
3	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 seen	aux:pass
4	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	by	by	ADP	_	6 Rosalie	case
6	Rosalie	Rosalie	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 seen	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 others	case
8	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 seen	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	past · passive	Rosalie	He				with others	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer subject=Stimulus

Option 4

He worried the guards would see him

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 worried	nsubj
2	worried	worry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 guards	det
4	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 worried	ccomp
7	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	worry	past	He						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	see	would	the guards	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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