Test 4 · ★ · Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4:…

dude the prince just finds her

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, prince · What happens: dude, find · To what, where: her

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1753 «Ehstnische Marchen, The Finest Liar in the World, part 4: Elsa is shot down and wins a prince, then a boy's lying contest begins» 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	dude	dude	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 finds	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 finds	advmod
5	finds	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 dude	ccomp
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 finds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dude	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	find	present	the prince	her = she					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

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

facts, he's been looking for her for months

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looking	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 facts	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looking	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 looking	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 looking	aux
6	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looking	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 months	case
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	facts				month	for her = she	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=Theme

Option 2

facts, he's been dreaming of her for half a year and then he finally marries her in the castle

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dreaming	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 facts	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dreaming	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dreaming	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 dreaming	aux
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dreaming	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 year	case
10	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	12 year	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreaming	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 marries	cc
14	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 marries	advmod
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 marries	nsubj
16	finally	finally	ADV	_	17 marries	advmod
17	marries	marry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dreaming	conj
18	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 marries	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 castle	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 castle	det
21	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 marries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dream	present · progressive	facts				year	of her = she	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	marry	present	he	her = she		the castle	then	finally property	vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Patient

Option 3

facts, he's been dreaming of her for half a year and he sends his men out to search the whole wood

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dreaming	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 facts	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dreaming	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dreaming	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 dreaming	aux
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dreaming	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 year	case
10	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	12 year	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreaming	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 sends	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 sends	nsubj
15	sends	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dreaming	conj
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 men	nmod:poss
17	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 sends	obj
18	out	out	ADV	_	15 sends	advmod
19	to	to	PART	_	20 search	mark
20	search	search	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 sends	advcl
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 wood	det
22	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 wood	amod
23	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 search	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	dream	present · progressive	facts		year	of her = she	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
2	send out	present	he	his men		out property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent man=Theme
3	search	to-infinitive	he not said here	the whole wood			vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent wood=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

facts, he's been dreaming of her for half a year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dreaming	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 facts	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dreaming	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dreaming	aux
5	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 dreaming	aux
6	dreaming	dream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 dreaming	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 year	case
10	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	12 year	det:predet
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 year	det
12	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dreaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dream	present · progressive	facts				year	of her = she	vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

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