Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

lol the prince actually planted peas to find the way home?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: plant, find · To what, where: prince, way

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1765 «Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf: the prince tricks the old master and he and the maiden escape» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	5 planted	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 prince	det
3	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 planted	nsubj:pass
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 planted	advmod
5	planted	plant	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	peas	pea	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 planted	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 find	mark
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 planted	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 find	obj
11	home	home	ADV	_	8 find	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 planted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	participle · passive		the prince				actually property	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme pea=Destination
2	find	to-infinitive		the way				home property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=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

yes, he planted them in the garden and then followed the sprouts home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 planted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planted	nsubj
4	planted	plant	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 planted	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 garden	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 planted	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 followed	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 followed	advmod
11	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 planted	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 sprouts	det
13	sprouts	sprout	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 followed	obj
14	home	home	ADV	_	11 followed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plant	past	he	them = they		the garden			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in garden=Destination
2	follow	past	he not said here	the sprouts			then	home property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sprout=Theme

Option 2

yeah, he scattered them to mark the path, but birds ate them all

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scattered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mark	mark
7	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 scattered	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 path	det
9	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mark	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ate	punct
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 ate	cc
12	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 ate	nsubj
13	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scattered	conj
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 ate	obj
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 ate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	scatter	past	he	them = they	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	mark	to-infinitive	he not said here	the path	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent path=Destination
3	eat	past	birds	them = they	tree rules

Option 3

yes, he dropped them along the road to mark it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	along	along	ADP	_	8 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 mark	mark
10	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 dropped	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 mark	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	them = they		the road			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme along road=Destination
2	mark	to-infinitive	he not said here	road					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he scattered them to mark the path

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 scattered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 scattered	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	nsubj
4	scattered	scatter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scattered	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 mark	mark
7	mark	mark	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 scattered	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 path	det
9	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mark	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scatter	past	he	them = they					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	mark	to-infinitive	he not said here	the path					vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent path=Destination

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