Test 8 · ★ · pg641 tales, The Girl Who Pretended to Be a Boy, part 56:…

Wait, the copper bridge is where the wolf was waiting?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, copper bridge · What happens: wait, be

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	11 waiting	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
4	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bridge	compound
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waiting	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 waiting	cop
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 waiting	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wolf	det
9	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 waiting	nsubj
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 waiting	aux
11	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
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	is	present · progressive	the copper bridge					wait 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

Nope, it was in the palace garden, kinda

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	8 garden	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 garden	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 garden	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 garden	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 garden	det
7	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 garden	compound
8	garden	garden	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 garden	punct
10	kinda	kinda	ADV	_	8 garden	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it			the palace garden		kinda property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the wolf was waiting at the castle gate, but the copper bridge was just a rumour the girls heard in town

The tree, 22 words

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wolf	det
4	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 waiting	aux
6	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 gate	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gate	det
9	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gate	compound
10	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 rumour	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	19 rumour	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 bridge	det
14	copper	copper	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 bridge	compound
15	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 rumour	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 rumour	cop
17	just	just	ADV	_	19 rumour	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 rumour	det
19	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 waiting	obl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 girls	det
21	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 heard	nsubj
22	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	19 rumour	acl:relcl
23	in	in	ADP	_	24 town	case
24	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 heard	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wait	past · progressive	the wolf		the castle gate	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location
2	is a	past	the copper bridge	a rumour		tree rules
3	hear	past	the girls	a rumour not said here	town	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer rumour=Stimulus

Option 3

Yeah, it was over a stream, lowkey spooky, and the wolf had been waiting there for three whole days straight

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 stream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stream	cop
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stream	conj
10	spooky	spooky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lowkey	amod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 waiting	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 waiting	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wolf	det
14	wolf	wolf	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 waiting	nsubj
15	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 waiting	aux
16	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	17 waiting	aux
17	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stream	conj
18	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	17 waiting	advmod
19	for	for	ADP	_	22 days	case
20	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	22 days	nummod
21	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 days	amod
22	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 waiting	obl
23	straight	straight	ADV	_	17 waiting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it			a stream and lowkey			tree rules
2	wait	past · perfect · progressive	the wolf			there	day	straight property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, it was over a stream, lowkey spooky

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 stream	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 stream	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stream	cop
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 stream	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 stream	det
7	stream	stream	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 lowkey	punct
9	lowkey	lowkey	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stream	conj
10	spooky	spooky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lowkey	amod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	it			a stream and lowkey			tree rules

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