Test 2 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is…

wait, so how did his wife get him back, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wife · What happens: wait, get back · To what, where: him

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1703 «Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is pulled under the pond, and his wife wins him back» 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	_	8 get	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 wife	nmod:poss
7	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	obj
10	back	back	ADV	_	8 get	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 cap	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 cap	det
13	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl
14	?	?	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	get back	past · do-support	his wife	him = he				no cap obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

she played the flute, then combed, then span at the mill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 played	nsubj
2	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 flute	det
4	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 played	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 combed	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 combed	advmod
7	combed	comb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 played	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 span	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 span	advmod
10	span	span	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 combed	advcl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 mill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 mill	det
13	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 span	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	play	past	she	the flute			vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent flute=Theme
2	comb	past	she not said here			then	vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
3	span	infinitive	she not said here		the mill	then	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

Option 2

she made the nixy angry and then begged for mercy at the pond in the dark

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 made	nsubj
2	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 nixy	det
4	nixy	nixy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 made	obj
5	angry	angry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 made	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 begged	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 begged	advmod
8	begged	beg	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 made	conj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 mercy	case
10	mercy	mercy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begged	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 pond	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 pond	det
13	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begged	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 dark	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 dark	det
16	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 pond	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	she	the nixy				angry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nixy=Product
2	beg speech: request	participle	she not said here			the pond in the dark	then	for mercy	vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V PP.Topic»: agent=Agent for mercy=Topic

Option 3

she sang songs at the pond every night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	songs	song	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sang	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 pond	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pond	det
6	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 night	det
8	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	she	songs		the pond	night		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location song=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she combed, played, then span at the pond on full moons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 combed	nsubj
2	combed	comb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 played	punct
4	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 combed	conj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 span	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 span	advmod
7	span	span	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 played	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 pond	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 pond	det
10	pond	pond	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 span	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 moons	case
12	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 moons	amod
13	moons	moon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 span	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	comb	past	she				vn wipe_instr-10.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	play	past	she not said here				vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	span	infinitive	she not said here	the pond	then	on full moons	vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme

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