Test 2 · ★ · Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is t…

Wait, so the waves never actually sank the boats?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, waves · What happens: wait, not sink · To what, where: boats

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1712 «Old Indian Legends, The White Duck, part 1: the Queen is tricked into the pond and becomes a White Duck» 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 sank	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	8 sank	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 waves	det
5	waves	wave	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sank	nsubj
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 sank	advmod
7	actually	actually	ADV	_	8 sank	advmod
8	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boats	det
10	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sank	obj
11	?	?	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	not sink	past	the waves	the boats				actually property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient

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

Nah, they sank the boats right away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sank	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sank	nsubj
4	sank	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boats	det
6	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 sank	obj
7	right	right	ADV	_	8 away	advmod
8	away	away	ADV	_	4 sank	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	past	they	the boats				away property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent boat=Patient

Option 2

Nope, the boats all went under, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	6 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 boats	det
4	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 went	nsubj
5	all	all	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	under	under	ADP	_	9 mate	case
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 under	punct
9	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the boats			mate		all property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme under mate=Location

Option 3

Yeah, they looked like they would sink everyone, but they never did, the chief was fine

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 looked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 sink	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 sink	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 sink	aux
8	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 looked	ccomp
9	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	8 sink	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 did	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 did	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 did	nsubj
13	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 did	advmod
14	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 fine	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 chief	det
17	chief	chief	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 fine	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 fine	cop
19	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 looked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look	past	they			tree rules
2	sink	would	they	everyone		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent everyone=Patient
3	not do	past	they			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	past	the chief		fine property	tree rules

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

Yeah, they looked like they would, but never did

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 looked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 looked	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looked	nsubj
4	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	like	like	SCONJ	_	7 would	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 would	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 did	punct
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	11 did	cc
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 did	advmod
11	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 looked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	past	they						vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	not do	past	they not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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