Test 12 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the pri…

Wait, why did the wicked wives get mad?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wicked wives · What happens: wait, get

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 1847 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Prince and Katar, part 31: the prince proves he is the husband, then reveals he is the King's 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	_	8 get	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 get	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wives	det
6	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 wives	amod
7	wives	wife	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 get	nsubj
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
9	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	xcomp
10	?	?	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	get	past · do-support	the wicked wives					mad property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 · ← Mova's choice

He laughed and kissed the gardener's girl

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 laughed	nsubj
2	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 kissed	cc
4	kissed	kiss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 laughed	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gardener	det
6	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 girl	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 gardener	case
8	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kissed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	laugh	past	He						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	kiss	past	He not said here	the gardener's girl					vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Co-Agent

Option 2

He ignored them and bowed low to the gardener's daughter in front of the whole court

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bowed	cc
5	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
6	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bowed	xcomp
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 daughter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gardener	det
9	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 daughter	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 gardener	case
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bowed	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 front	case
13	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bowed	obl
14	of	of	ADP	_	17 court	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 court	det
16	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 court	amod
17	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 front	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	them = they					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	bow	past	He not said here			front of the whole court		to the gardener's daughter; low property	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to daughter=Pivot

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He ignored them and bowed to the gardener's daughter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 bowed	cc
5	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ignored	conj
6	to	to	ADP	_	10 daughter	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 gardener	det
8	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 daughter	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 gardener	case
10	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	them = they					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	bow	past	He not said here					to the gardener's daughter	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to daughter=Pivot

Option 4

He ignored them completely and bowed to the gardener's daughter, calling her his mother before everyone

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	nsubj
2	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ignored	obj
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 ignored	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 bowed	cc
6	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 ignored	conj
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 daughter	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gardener	det
9	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 daughter	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 gardener	case
11	daughter	daughter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bowed	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 calling	punct
13	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 ignored	advcl
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 calling	obj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mother	nmod:poss
16	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 calling	obj
17	before	before	ADP	_	18 everyone	case
18	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 calling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	He	them = they		completely property	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme
2	bow	participle	He not said here			to the gardener's daughter	vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to daughter=Pivot
3	call	gerund	He not said here	gardener	before everyone		vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme mother=Result

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