Test 8 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam,…

so the shawl was a gift from the prince?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: shawl · What happens: be · To what, where: gift

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 1819 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Raja's Son and the Princess Labam, part 3: magic things carry the prince to the princess» 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	_	6 gift	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 shawl	det
3	shawl	shawl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gift	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 gift	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gift	det
6	gift	gift	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 prince	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gift	nmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 gift	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past	the shawl	a gift				from the prince	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

Yes, he draped it over her as she dozed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 draped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 draped	nsubj
4	draped	drape	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 draped	obj
6	over	over	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 draped	obl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 dozed	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 dozed	nsubj
10	dozed	doze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 draped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drape	past	he	it				over her = she	vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme over she=Destination
2	doze	past	she						vn snooze-40.4 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, he dropped it on her while she slept

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 slept	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slept	nsubj
10	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	it					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme her=Destination
2	sleep	past	she						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Yep, he dropped it on her while she slept, then hid behind the curtain to watch her wake

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 slept	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slept	nsubj
10	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hid	punct
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 hid	advmod
13	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
14	behind	behind	ADP	_	16 curtain	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 curtain	det
16	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hid	obl
17	to	to	PART	_	18 watch	mark
18	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 hid	advcl
19	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 wake	nmod:poss
20	wake	wake	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 watch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	drop	past	he	it			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme her=Destination
2	sleep	past	she				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hide	past	he not said here		the curtain	then	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind curtain=Location
4	watch	to-infinitive	he not said here	her wake			vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wake=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yep, he dropped it on her while she slept, and the servants later found it folded on the floor

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	4 dropped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dropped	obj
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 slept	mark
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 slept	nsubj
10	slept	sleep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 found	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 found	cc
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 servants	det
14	servants	servant	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 found	nsubj
15	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	16 found	advmod
16	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 dropped	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 found	obj
18	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 found	xcomp
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 floor	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 floor	det
21	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 folded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	drop	past	he	it			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme her=Destination
2	sleep	past	she				vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	find	past	the servants	it		late property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
4	fold	participle			the floor		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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