Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), The Prince and the White-headed Calf:…

wait, so the calf is faster than a train or what?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, calf · What happens: wait, be

This is test 3 · ★ 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	_	7 faster	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 faster	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 calf	det
5	calf	calf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faster	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 faster	cop
7	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 wait	parataxis
8	than	than	ADP	_	10 train	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 train	det
10	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 faster	obl
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 train	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	the calf					than a train; fast 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

it could outrun every horse in the king's entire stable

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 outrun	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 outrun	aux
3	outrun	outrun	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 horse	det
5	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outrun	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 stable	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 king	det
8	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stable	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 king	case
10	entire	entire	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 stable	amod
11	stable	stable	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 outrun	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	outrun	could	it	every horse		the king's entire stable			tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it could run round the world three times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 run	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 world	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 world	det
6	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
7	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 times	nummod
8	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	could	it			the world	time		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round world=Trajectory

Option 3

it could cross the river in one leap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 cross	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 cross	aux
3	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 river	det
5	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cross	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 leap	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 leap	nummod
8	leap	leap	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	could	it	the river				in one leap	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.theme»: agent=Agent river=Patient in leap=Topic

Option 4

it could circle the earth in less than a single day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 circle	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 circle	aux
3	circle	circle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 earth	det
5	earth	earth	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 circle	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	11 day	case
7	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	11 day	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 less	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 day	det
10	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 day	amod
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 circle	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	circle	could	it	the earth			day		vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme earth=Co-Theme

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