Test 9 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with l…

Why did the lad not go home to earth after all that, like, gutted?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: lad · What happens: not go, gut · To what, where: earth

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1704 «Fairy Tales, The Glass Mountain: a schoolboy climbs with lynx claws, cuts the eagle's feet, and wins the Princess» 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 go	advmod
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 go	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lad	det
4	lad	lad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	nsubj
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 go	advmod
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 go	advmod
8	to	to	ADP	_	9 earth	case
9	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 go	obl
10	after	after	ADP	_	12 that	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 that	det
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 go	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
14	like	like	INTJ	_	16 gutted	discourse
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 like	punct
16	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 go	parataxis
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	past · do-support	the lad			earth	after that	home property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to earth=Initial_Location
2	gut	participle							vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: 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

The lynx had run off with the gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lynx	det
2	lynx	lynx	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 run	aux
4	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 run	compound:prt
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 gold	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gold	det
8	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past · perfect · passive		the lynx				with the gold	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Product with gold=Material

Option 2

The swallow was too small to carry him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 swallow	det
2	swallow	swallow	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 small	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 small	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 small	advmod
5	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 carry	mark
7	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 small	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the swallow					small property	tree rules
2	carry	to-infinitive	the swallow not said here	him = he					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The eagle was the only one who could carry gold

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 eagle	det
2	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 one	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 one	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 one	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 one	amod
6	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 carry	nsubj
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 carry	aux
9	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 one	acl:relcl
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the eagle	the only one					tree rules
2	carry	could	the only one	gold					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gold=Theme

Option 4

He wanted to stay in the golden castle and marry the Princess who had been waiting for him

The tree, 18 words

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 stay	mark
4	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 castle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 castle	det
7	golden	golden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 castle	amod
8	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stay	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 marry	cc
10	marry	marry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stay	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 Princess	det
12	Princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 marry	obj
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 waiting	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 waiting	aux
15	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	16 waiting	aux
16	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 Princess	acl:relcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	18 him	case
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	He				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here		the golden castle		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in castle=Location
3	marry	infinitive	He not said here	the Princess			vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent princess=Patient
4	wait	past · perfect · progressive	the Princess			for him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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