Test 3 · ★ · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

Wait, the eldest sis rode off all brave, right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, eldest sis · What happens: wait, ride off

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1805 «pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56: a princess becomes a duck, and a girl rides off to serve as a son» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rode	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 sis	det
4	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 sis	amod
5	sis	sis	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rode	nsubj
6	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 rode	compound:prt
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 brave	det
9	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rode	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 rode	punct
11	right	right	INTJ	_	1 Wait	discourse
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ride off	past	the eldest sis					brave property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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

Yeah, she rode off all brave in silver armour, then bolted when she saw the wolf waiting on the copper bridge at dusk

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 rode	compound:prt
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 brave	det
7	brave	brave	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 rode	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 armour	case
9	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 armour	compound
10	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 bolted	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 bolted	advmod
13	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 rode	conj
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	16 saw	advmod
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 saw	nsubj
16	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 bolted	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 wolf	det
18	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 saw	obj
19	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 wolf	acl
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 bridge	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 bridge	det
22	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 bridge	compound
23	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 waiting	obl
24	at	at	ADP	_	25 dusk	case
25	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	she		silver armour		brave property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	bolt	participle	she not said here			then		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	past	she	the wolf				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wolf=Stimulus
4	wait	gerund	the wolf not said here		the copper bridge	dusk		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bridge=Location

Option 2

Nope, she stayed home and sewed silver armour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stayed	nsubj
4	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	home	home	ADV	_	4 stayed	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sewed	cc
7	sewed	sew	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stayed	conj
8	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 armour	compound
9	armour	armour	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sewed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	she					home property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sew	past	she not said here	silver armour					vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent armour=Product

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she was all in silver and then bolted at the wolf

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 silver	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 silver	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 silver	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 silver	cop
5	all	all	ADV	_	7 silver	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 silver	case
7	silver	silver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bolted	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 bolted	advmod
10	bolted	bolt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 silver	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 wolf	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wolf	det
13	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bolted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	she			silver		all property	tree rules
2	bolt	participle	she not said here			the wolf	then		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at wolf=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, she was actually the one who sent the wolf, then she rode back home to her father's castle to hide

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 one	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 one	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 one	det
7	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 sent	nsubj
9	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 wolf	det
11	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sent	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 rode	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 rode	advmod
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 rode	nsubj
15	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 one	acl:relcl
16	back	back	ADV	_	17 home	advmod
17	home	home	ADV	_	15 rode	advmod
18	to	to	ADP	_	22 castle	case
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 father	nmod:poss
20	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 castle	nmod:poss
21	's	's	PART	_	20 father	case
22	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 rode	obl
23	to	to	PART	_	24 hide	mark
24	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 rode	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	she	the one			actually property	tree rules
2	send	past	the one	the wolf				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wolf=Theme
3	ride	past	she	the one not said here	her father's castle	then	home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme to castle=Trajectory
4	hide	to-infinitive	she not said here					vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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