Test 2 · ★ · Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking princ…

bruv, how did the mum react when her son was bouncing off?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, son · What happens: react, bounce off

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1841 «Tales of the Punjab, Raja Rasalu, part 25: a mocking prince, a talking corpse, a clever cricket» 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	bruv	bruv	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 react	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 react	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 react	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 mum	det
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 react	nsubj
7	react	react	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 bruv	acl:relcl
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	12 bouncing	advmod
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 son	nmod:poss
10	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bouncing	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 bouncing	aux
12	bouncing	bounce	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 react	advcl
13	off	off	ADP	_	12 bouncing	compound:prt
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 bruv	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	react	past · do-support	the mum						vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	bounce off	past · progressive	mum's son						vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer

she cried, proper sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cried	punct
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sad	amod
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	past	she					sad property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

she ran out of the palace shouting after him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	6 palace	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 palace	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 palace	det
6	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
7	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 palace	acl
8	after	after	ADP	_	9 him	case
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shouting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	past	she			the palace			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out palace=Trajectory
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the palace not said here				after him = he		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

she begged him to stay

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	nsubj
2	begged	beg	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 begged	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stay	mark
5	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 begged	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	beg speech: request	past	she		him = he				vn beg-58.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	stay not said to happen	to-infinitive	she not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

she fainted

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 fainted	nsubj
2	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	past	she						vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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