Test 9 · ★ · pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a m…

So was the youth actually scared of anything?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: youth · What happens: be

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1756 «pg641, Schippeitaro, what happens: a brave youth frees a maiden from a cat monster with a borrowed dog» 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	So	so	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 youth	det
4	youth	youth	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 scared	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	of	of	ADP	_	8 anything	case
8	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 scared	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 scared	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the youth					of anything; actually, scared property	tree rules

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, he hid from a wolf in a thick bush

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 wolf	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wolf	det
7	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 bush	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bush	det
10	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 bush	amod
11	bush	bush	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	he			a wolf		in a thick bush	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent from wolf=Beneficiary

Option 2

Yeah, he cried when the maiden begged him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 cried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cried	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 cried	nsubj
4	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 begged	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maiden	det
7	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 begged	nsubj
8	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 cried	advcl
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 begged	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	he						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	beg speech: request	past	the maiden		him = he				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP PP.Topic»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he was brave all through, not just when stuck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 brave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 brave	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 brave	cop
5	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	all	all	ADV	_	7 through	advmod
7	through	through	ADV	_	5 brave	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stuck	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 stuck	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	12 stuck	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 stuck	advmod
12	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 brave	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					brave, through property	tree rules
2	not be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 4

Yeah, he ran off the second he saw the cats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ran	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ran	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ran	nsubj
4	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 saw	advcl
5	off	off	ADP	_	7 second	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 second	det
7	second	second	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ran	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 saw	nsubj
9	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 cats	det
11	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past	he				second		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme second=Trajectory
2	see	past	he	the cats					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cat=Stimulus

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