Test 3 · ★ · Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Ir…

wait, what's she need the bloke to do, then?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, she · What happens: wait, be, do

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1735 «Celtic Fairy Tales, Jack and His Comrades, part 59: the Irishman frees the Princess but is pinned to sleep by the lad» 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	_	6 need	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 need	obj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 need	cop
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bloke	det
8	bloke	bloke	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 do	mark
10	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 need	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 then	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	1 wait	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	she		need property	tree rules
3	do not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here			vn act-114-1 «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

sit in the little room the whole time, not move a muscle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 room	amod
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sit	obl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 time	amod
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sit	obl:unmarked
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 move	punct
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 move	advmod
11	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 sit	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 muscle	det
13	muscle	muscle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 move	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			the little room	time		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location
2	not move	infinitive	you not said here	a muscle					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent muscle=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

wait in the back room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 room	compound
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			the back room			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location

Option 3

sit quiet in that tiny room and not come out for anything, mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 sit	xcomp
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 room	case
4	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 room	det
5	tiny	tiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 room	amod
6	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sit	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 come	cc
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 come	advmod
9	come	come	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 sit	conj
10	out	out	ADV	_	9 come	advmod
11	for	for	ADP	_	12 anything	case
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 come	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mate	punct
14	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 anything	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			that tiny room		quiet property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location
2	not come out	infinitive	you not said here					for anything; out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

sit in the little room

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	sit	sit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 room	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 room	det
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 room	amod
5	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 sit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	imperative	you not said here			the little room			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in room=Location

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