Test 6 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Miller's Boy and the Nixy: the hunter is…

did they meet again after all that?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: meet

This is test 6 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 meet	aux
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 meet	nsubj
3	meet	meet	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	again	again	ADV	_	3 meet	advmod
5	after	after	ADP	_	7 that	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 that	det
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 meet	obl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 meet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	meet	past · do-support	they				after that; again		vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: 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

yeah, the shepherd found his wife by the flute and they went home to the mill

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 found	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	nsubj
5	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
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	5 found	obj
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 flute	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 flute	det
10	flute	flute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 found	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 went	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 went	nsubj
13	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 found	conj
14	home	home	ADV	_	13 went	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 mill	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mill	det
17	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	the shepherd	shepherd's wife				by the flute	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wife=Topic
2	go	past	they			the mill		home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to mill=Initial_Location

Option 2

yeah, they met again and then the shepherdess was sent to live at the castle

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 met	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 met	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 met	nsubj
4	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	again	again	ADV	_	4 met	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sent	cc
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 sent	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shepherdess	det
9	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sent	nsubj:pass
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 sent	aux:pass
11	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 met	conj
12	to	to	PART	_	13 live	mark
13	live	live	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 sent	xcomp
14	at	at	ADP	_	16 castle	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 castle	det
16	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 live	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	meet	past	they			again	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	send	past · passive		the shepherdess		then	tree rules
3	live	to-infinitive	the shepherdess not said here		the castle		vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at castle=Location

Option 3

nah, they lived apart for years until the old witch brought them back together

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 lived	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 lived	nsubj
4	lived	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	apart	apart	ADV	_	4 lived	advmod
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 years	case
7	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 lived	obl
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	12 brought	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 witch	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 witch	amod
11	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 brought	nsubj
12	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 lived	advcl
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 brought	obj
14	back	back	ADV	_	12 brought	advmod
15	together	together	ADV	_	12 brought	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	live	past	they				year	apart property	vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bring back	past	the old witch	them = they				together property	vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the shepherd and shepherdess became mates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 shepherd	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 shepherd	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 shepherd	det
4	shepherd	shepherd	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 became	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shepherdess	cc
6	shepherdess	shepherdess	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 shepherd	conj
7	became	become	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 became	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	become	past	the shepherd and shepherdess	mates					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

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