Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

wait, the master was faking being sick, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, master · What happens: wait, fake, be

This is test 11 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 faking	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 master	det
4	master	master	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 faking	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 faking	aux
6	faking	fake	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 wait	advcl
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 sick	cop
8	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 faking	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sick	punct
10	right	right	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fake	past · progressive	the master		vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	is	gerund	the master not said here	sick 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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he just wanted the prince to come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 wanted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wanted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wanted	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 wanted	advmod
5	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wanted	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 come	mark
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wanted	xcomp
10	back	back	ADV	_	9 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	he	the prince					tree rules
2	come back not said to happen	to-infinitive	the prince not said here						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

yeah, he faked being sick so the prince would return and wed the maiden

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 faked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 faked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 faked	nsubj
4	faked	fake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	advcl
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sick	cop
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	11 return	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 return	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 return	aux
11	return	return	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sick	advcl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 wed	cc
13	wed	wed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 return	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 maiden	det
15	maiden	maiden	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 wed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	fake	past	he			vn establish-55.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	gerund			sick property	tree rules
3	return	would	the prince			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	wed	infinitive	the prince not said here	the maiden		vn amalgamate-22.2-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maiden=Patient

Option 3

no, he was really sick and wanted a doctor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 sick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sick	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sick	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 sick	advmod
6	sick	sick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 wanted	cc
8	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sick	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 doctor	det
10	doctor	doctor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 wanted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					sick property	tree rules
2	want	past	he not said here	a doctor					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot doctor=Theme

Option 4

no, he was truly ill and the prince had to fetch a healer from town

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 ill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ill	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 ill	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	cop
5	truly	truly	ADV	_	6 ill	advmod
6	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 had	cc
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 had	nsubj
10	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ill	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 fetch	mark
12	fetch	fetch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 had	xcomp
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 healer	det
14	healer	healer	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obj
15	from	from	ADP	_	16 town	case
16	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 fetch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			ill, truly property	tree rules
2	have	past	the prince				tree rules
3	fetch	to-infinitive	the prince not said here	a healer	town		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent healer=Theme from town=Source

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