Test 10 · ★ · Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the sw…

Why was the young king having a massive party, mate?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: young king · What happens: be, have · To what, where: massive party

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1768 «Fairy Tales (pg641), Dotterine, part 19: the feast, the swallow and the secret princess; a new tale begins» 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=Rel	root	root
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Why	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 king	det
4	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 king	amod
5	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Why	nsubj
6	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 king	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 party	det
8	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 party	amod
9	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 having	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 mate	punct
11	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 party	conj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the young king					why property	tree rules
2	have	gerund	the young king not said here	a massive party and mate					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

To pick himself a wife

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 pick	mark
2	pick	pick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 pick	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wife	det
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pick	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick	to-infinitive		himself = he					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent himself=Beneficiary wife=Theme

Option 2

To gather his lords together

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 gather	mark
2	gather	gather	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 lords	nmod:poss
4	lords	lord	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 gather	obj
5	together	together	ADV	_	2 gather	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gather	to-infinitive		his lords				together property	vn deduce-97.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

To thank every lord and knight who had fought bravely in the long war

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 thank	mark
2	thank	thank	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lord	det
4	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 thank	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 knight	cc
6	knight	knight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lord	conj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 fought	nsubj
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 fought	aux
9	fought	fight	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 lord	acl:relcl
10	bravely	bravely	ADV	_	9 fought	advmod
11	in	in	ADP	_	14 war	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 war	det
13	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 war	amod
14	war	war	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 fought	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	thank speech: thank	to-infinitive			every lord and knight				vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lord=Theme
2	fight	past · perfect	every lord and knight			the long war		bravely property	vn battle-36.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

To honour his late father

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 honour	mark
2	honour	honour	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 father	nmod:poss
4	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 father	amod
5	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 honour	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	honour	to-infinitive		his late father					tree rules

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