Test 2 · ★ · Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48:…

bruh the dad just sat there staring at nothing for hours, right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad · What happens: sit, stare

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1797 «Gutenberg 641, The Maiden with the Wooden Helmet, part 48: a dying mother hides her daughter's beauty, and a rich young man wants to marry the girl in the helmet» 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	bruh	bruh	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 dad	det
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sat	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 sat	advmod
5	sat	sit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 sat	advmod
7	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 sat	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 nothing	case
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 staring	obl
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 hours	case
11	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 staring	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct
13	right	right	INTJ	_	5 sat	discourse
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 sat	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past	the dad			there			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stare	gerund	the dad not said here				hour	at nothing	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at nothing=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 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he was just waiting for the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 waiting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 waiting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 waiting	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 waiting	advmod
6	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 rain	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rain	det
9	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	he					for the rain	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

yeah, he was so sad about losing all their money that he barely ate or spoke to anyone in the house

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 sad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sad	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sad	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sad	cop
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 sad	advmod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	about	about	SCONJ	_	8 losing	mark
8	losing	lose	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 sad	advcl
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 money	det:predet
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 money	nmod:poss
11	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 losing	obj
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 ate	obj
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 ate	nsubj
14	barely	barely	ADV	_	15 ate	advmod
15	ate	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 money	acl:relcl
16	or	or	CCONJ	_	17 spoke	cc
17	spoke	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 ate	conj
18	to	to	ADP	_	19 anyone	case
19	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 spoke	obl
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 house	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 house	det
22	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 anyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		sad property	tree rules
2	lose	gerund	he not said here	their money		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Eventuality
3	eat	past	he	their money	barely property	vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Patient
4	speak speech: other	past	he not said here		to anyone	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent to anyone=Co-Agent

Option 3

nah, he was lost in thought about the old days when they still had riches and servants and a big house by the sea

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 thought	case
7	thought	thought	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 days	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 days	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 days	amod
11	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 thought	nmod
12	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 had	advmod
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 had	nsubj
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 had	advmod
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	advcl
16	riches	rich	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 had	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 servants	cc
18	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 riches	conj
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 house	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 house	det
21	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 house	amod
22	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 riches	conj
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 sea	case
24	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 sea	det
25	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive	the sea	he		thought about the old days			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Eventuality
2	have	past	they	riches and servants and a big house			still		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rich=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he got so sad he never got up again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 got	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 got	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 got	nsubj
4	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 sad	advmod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 got	xcomp
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 got	nsubj
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 got	advmod
9	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 got	conj
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 got	compound:prt
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	he					sad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	not get up	past	he				again		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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