Test 10 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, pa…

why'd he chuck the box on the ground?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: he · What happens: chuck · To what, where: box, ground

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1783 «Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, part 34: Petru beats the giant, takes the magic water, and meets his brothers.» 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	4 chuck	advmod
2	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 chuck	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chuck	nsubj
4	chuck	chuck	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 box	det
6	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chuck	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 ground	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 ground	det
9	ground	ground	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chuck	obl
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 chuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	would	he	the box		the ground			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent box=Theme on ground=Destination

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

He wanted to see the gold inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gold	det
6	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 see	obj
7	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	the gold				inside property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer gold=Stimulus

Option 2

It was boring

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 boring	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 boring	cop
3	boring	boring	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	It					boring property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It told him the brothers were plotting, so he flipped

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	2 told	nsubj
2	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 told	iobj
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 brothers	det
5	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 plotting	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 plotting	aux
7	plotting	plot	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 told	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 flipped	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 flipped	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 flipped	nsubj
11	flipped	flip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 told	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	It	him = he	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	plot	past · progressive	the brothers		vn correspond-36.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	flip	past	he		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

He thought it was cursed, so he got scared

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 cursed	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 cursed	aux:pass
5	cursed	curse	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 thought	ccomp
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 got	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 got	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 thought	conj
10	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He			vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	curse	past · passive		it		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
3	get	past	he		scared property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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