Test 6 · ★ · Roumanian Fairy Tales, Petru and the Fairy of the Dawn, pa…

why was the castle so dead quiet?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: castle · What happens: be

This is test 6 · ★ 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=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	4 castle	det
4	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 why	nsubj
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 dead	advmod
6	dead	dead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 quiet	amod
7	quiet	quiet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 castle	conj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 why	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the castle and dead quiet					why 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Everyone was asleep, even the leaves had stopped moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 asleep	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stopped	punct
5	even	even	ADV	_	9 stopped	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leaves	det
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stopped	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stopped	aux
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 asleep	parataxis
10	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stopped	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	Everyone		asleep property	tree rules
2	stop	past · perfect · passive		the leaves		tree rules
3	move	gerund				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Everyone was asleep, even the leaves had stopped moving, and even the birds had gone quiet in the trees

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 asleep	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 asleep	cop
3	asleep	asleep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stopped	punct
5	even	even	ADV	_	9 stopped	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 leaves	det
7	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 stopped	nsubj:pass
8	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stopped	aux
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 asleep	parataxis
10	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 stopped	xcomp
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 gone	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 gone	cc
13	even	even	ADV	_	15 birds	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 birds	det
15	birds	bird	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gone	nsubj
16	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 gone	aux
17	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	3 asleep	conj
18	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 gone	xcomp
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 trees	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 trees	det
21	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 gone	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	Everyone			asleep property	tree rules
2	stop	past · perfect · passive		the leaves			tree rules
3	move	gerund					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	go	past · perfect	the birds		the trees	quiet property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 3

The guards had locked every door in the whole palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 guards	det
2	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 locked	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 locked	aux
4	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 door	det
6	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locked	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 palace	det
9	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 palace	amod
10	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	past · perfect · passive		the guards		the whole palace			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP ADJP»: subject=Patient door=Result

Option 4

The servants had all left for the market in town

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 servants	det
2	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 left	nsubj:pass
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 left	aux
4	all	all	ADV	_	5 left	advmod
5	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 market	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 market	det
8	market	market	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 town	case
10	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past · perfect · passive		the servants		town		for the market; all property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in town=Location

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