Test 12 · ★ · pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals t…

So at the end, were the mares just grazing and all cool?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mares · What happens: graze · To what, where: end

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1808 «pg641, Iliane and Sunlight, part 59: the princess steals the emperor's stud of mares» 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	So	so	ADV	_	10 grazing	advmod
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 end	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 end	det
4	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 grazing	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 end	punct
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 grazing	aux
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 mares	det
8	mares	mare	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 grazing	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 grazing	advmod
10	grazing	graze	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cool	cc
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 cool	advmod
13	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 grazing	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 grazing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	graze	past · progressive	the mares				at the end		vn dine-39.5 «NP 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 herded them to the palace and the emperor was thrilled

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 herded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 herded	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 herded	nsubj
4	herded	herd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 herded	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 herded	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 thrilled	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 emperor	det
11	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 thrilled	nsubj
12	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 thrilled	cop
13	thrilled	thrilled	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 herded	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	herd	past	she	them = they				to the palace	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient to palace=Co-Patient
2	is	past	the emperor					thrilled property	tree rules

Option 2

Yeah, she herded them all the way back to the palace gates

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 herded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 herded	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 herded	nsubj
4	herded	herd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 herded	obj
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 way	det:predet
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 herded	obl
9	back	back	ADV	_	8 way	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 gates	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gates	det
12	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gates	compound
13	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 back	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	herd	past	she	them = they				all way obl	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she rode them to the coast

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	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 coast	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 coast	det
8	coast	coast	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	past	she	them = they		the coast			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme to coast=Trajectory

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she herded them to the palace

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 herded	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 herded	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 herded	nsubj
4	herded	herd	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 herded	obj
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 palace	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 palace	det
8	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 herded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	herd	past	she	them = they				to the palace	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent they=Patient to palace=Co-Patient

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