Test 5 · ★ · Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, g…

wait, why did the rich relatives keep their distance?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rich relatives · What happens: wait, keep · To what, where: distance

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1814 «Old Tales, Virgilius, part 65: Virgilius frees a spirit, gets the magic books, and faces his foes» 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	_	8 keep	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 keep	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 keep	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 relatives	det
6	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 relatives	amod
7	relatives	relative	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	nsubj
8	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 distance	nmod:poss
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 keep	obj
11	?	?	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	keep	past · do-support	the rich relatives	relatives's distance					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent distance=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

Because they had long ago sworn a secret oath to the emperor to share all his inheritance among them

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 sworn	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sworn	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sworn	aux
4	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 ago	advmod
5	ago	ago	ADV	_	6 sworn	advmod
6	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oath	det
8	secret	secret	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oath	amod
9	oath	oath	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sworn	obj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 emperor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 emperor	det
12	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sworn	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 share	mark
14	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 sworn	advcl
15	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 inheritance	det:predet
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 inheritance	nmod:poss
17	inheritance	inheritance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 share	obj
18	among	among	ADP	_	19 them	case
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 share	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	they	a secret oath	to the emperor; ago property	vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent oath=Eventuality
2	share	to-infinitive	they not said here	his inheritance	among them = they	tree rules
3	inherit		his = he			nom inheritance «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

They wanted him to leave the city alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 wanted	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 leave	mark
5	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 city	det
7	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 leave	obj
8	alone	alone	ADV	_	5 leave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	They	him = he					tree rules
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here	the city				alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent city=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

They were scared Virgilius would stop their robbing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 scared	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 scared	cop
3	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 stop	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 scared	ccomp
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 robbing	nmod:poss
8	robbing	robbing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	They					scared property	tree rules
2	stop	would	Virgilius	their robbing					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector robbing=Eventuality

Option 4

They believed Virgilius would punish their greed with a magic curse that followed them into their graves

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 believed	nsubj
2	believed	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Virgilius	Virgilius	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 punish	nsubj
4	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 punish	aux
5	punish	punish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 believed	ccomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 greed	nmod:poss
7	greed	greed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 curse	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 curse	det
10	magic	magic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 curse	amod
11	curse	curse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 punish	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 followed	nsubj
13	followed	follow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 curse	acl:relcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 followed	obj
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 graves	case
16	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 graves	nmod:poss
17	graves	grave	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 punish	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	believe	past	They				vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	punish	would	Virgilius	their greed	their graves	with a magic curse	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent greed=Patient with curse=Theme
3	follow	past	a magic curse	them = they			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

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