Test 4 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants c…

no cap, why'd the dragon go all still when stan said cross on his back?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cap, stan · What happens: go, say, cross · To what, where: back · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 1769 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Stan Bolovan, part 20: Stan wants children, gets a hundred, and meets a dragon» 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	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 cap	det
2	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cap	punct
4	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 go	advmod
5	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dragon	det
7	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	nsubj
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	all	all	ADV	_	10 still	advmod
10	still	still	ADV	_	8 go	advmod
11	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 said	advmod
12	stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 said	nsubj
13	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 go	advcl
14	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 said	ccomp
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 back	case
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 back	nmod:poss
17	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 cross	obl
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	go	infinitive	no cap		still	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past	stan			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	cross	infinitive		stan's back		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

cos the cross thing freaked him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 freaked	reparandum
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thing	det
3	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 thing	compound
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 freaked	nsubj
5	freaked	freak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 freaked	obj
7	out	out	ADP	_	5 freaked	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive							tree rules
2	freak out	past	the cross thing	him = he					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

because he thought Stan had a sword hidden under his coat and was going to stab him when he turned around

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 thought	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Stan	Stan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 had	nsubj
5	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 thought	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sword	det
7	sword	sword	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 had	obj
8	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 sword	acl
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 coat	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 coat	nmod:poss
11	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hidden	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 going	cc
13	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 going	aux
14	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 thought	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 stab	mark
16	stab	stab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 going	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stab	obj
18	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	20 turned	advmod
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 turned	nsubj
20	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 stab	advcl
21	around	around	ADV	_	20 turned	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	he				vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	Stan	a sword			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sword=Patient
3	hide	participle		a sword not said here	Stan's coat		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under coat=Location
4	go	past · progressive	he not said here				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	stab	to-infinitive	he not said here	Stan			vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
6	turn around	past	Stan			around property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cause he knew he'd met his match

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 knew	advcl
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 met	nsubj
5	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 met	aux
6	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 knew	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 match	nmod:poss
8	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 met	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	he not said here		vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	know	past	he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	meet	past · perfect	he	his match	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Co-Agent

Option 4

cause he knew he'd met his match, and the cross threat freaked him right out before the fight even started

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 knew	advcl
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 knew	nsubj
3	knew	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 met	nsubj
5	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 met	aux
6	met	meet	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 knew	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 match	nmod:poss
8	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 met	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 freaked	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 freaked	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 threat	det
12	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 threat	compound
13	threat	threat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 freaked	nsubj
14	freaked	freak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 freaked	obj
16	right	right	ADV	_	17 out	advmod
17	out	out	ADV	_	14 freaked	advmod
18	before	before	ADP	_	20 fight	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 fight	det
20	fight	fight	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 freaked	obl
21	even	even	ADV	_	22 started	advmod
22	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 knew	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	cause	infinitive	he not said here				vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition
2	know	past	he				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	meet	past · perfect	he	his match			vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Co-Agent
4	freak	past	the cross threat	him = he	before the fight	out property	tree rules
5	start	past	he not said here				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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