Test 6 · ★ · pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl,…

why couldn't anyone understand the name Dotterine apart from the queen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: anyone · What happens: not understand · To what, where: name

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1767 «pg641, Dotterine, part 18: a magic egg grows into a girl, and the queen dies» 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	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 understand	advmod
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 understand	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 understand	advmod
4	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 understand	nsubj
5	understand	understand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 name	det
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 understand	obj
8	Dotterine	Dotterine	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 name	appos
9	apart	apart	ADV	_	5 understand	advmod
10	from	from	ADP	_	12 queen	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 queen	det
12	queen	queen	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 apart	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 understand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not understand	could	anyone	the name				apart property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus

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

cos the baby came from an egg yolk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 baby	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 baby	det
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 yolk	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 yolk	det
7	egg	egg	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 yolk	compound
8	yolk	yolk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive							tree rules
2	come	past	the cos baby			a egg yolk			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from yolk=Initial_Location

Option 2

cos the name came from a goose and the old lady's magic spell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 name	compound
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 name	det
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 goose	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 goose	det
7	goose	goose	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 spell	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lady	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lady	amod
11	lady	lady	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 spell	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 lady	case
13	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 spell	amod
14	spell	spell	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goose	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive			tree rules
2	come	past	the cos name	from a goose the old lady's magic spell	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from goose=Initial_Location
3	spell		the old lady		nom spell «state transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

cos nobody spoke the old language

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	X	_	2 nobody	compound
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 spoke	nsubj
3	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 language	det
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 language	amod
6	language	language	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 spoke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	past	nobody	the old language					tree rules

Option 4

cos the baby was born in a faraway land where nobody spoke their words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 baby	det
3	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 born	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 born	aux:pass
5	born	bear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 cos	ccomp
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 land	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 land	det
8	faraway	faraway	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 land	amod
9	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 born	obl
10	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 spoke	advmod
11	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	12 spoke	nsubj
12	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 land	acl:relcl
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 words	nmod:poss
14	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 spoke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	bear	past · passive		the baby	a faraway land	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	speak speech: other	past	nobody	their words		tree rules
4	word		their = they			nom word «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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