Test 9 · ★ · Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1…

lol the vizier's son hurried home, why tho

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: son · What happens: hurry

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1850 «Indian Fairy Tales, The Demon with the Matted Hair, part 1: the prince meets the Demon in the forest» 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	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 hurried	discourse
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 vizier	det
3	vizier	vizier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 son	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 vizier	case
5	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 hurried	nsubj
6	hurried	hurry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 hurried	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 why	punct
9	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 hurried	advmod
10	tho	tho	ADV	_	6 hurried	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurry	past	the vizier's son					home, tho property	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

to save his dad from a dumb unfair death

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 save	mark
2	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	9 death	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 death	det
7	dumb	dumb	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 death	amod
8	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 death	amod
9	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	to-infinitive		his dad		a dumb unfair death			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dad=Theme from death=Source

Option 2

to save his dad from an unfair death that the king had decided on after a false rumour spread

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 save	mark
2	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 dad	nmod:poss
4	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	8 death	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 death	det
7	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 death	amod
8	death	death	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 save	obl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 decided	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 king	det
11	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 decided	nsubj
12	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 decided	aux
13	decided	decide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 save	advcl
14	on	on	ADP	_	13 decided	compound:prt
15	after	after	ADP	_	19 spread	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 spread	det
17	false	false	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 spread	amod
18	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 spread	compound
19	spread	spread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 decided	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	save	to-infinitive		his dad		a unfair death			vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent dad=Theme from death=Source
2	decide on	past · perfect	the king				after a false rumour spread		vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

because he had to rescue his father from a cruel execution that would happen at dawn in the square

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	because	because	SCONJ	_	3 had	mark
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 rescue	mark
5	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 had	xcomp
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 father	nmod:poss
7	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rescue	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	11 execution	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 execution	det
10	cruel	cruel	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 execution	amod
11	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rescue	obl
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	14 happen	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 happen	aux
14	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 execution	acl:relcl
15	at	at	ADP	_	16 dawn	case
16	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 happen	obl
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 square	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 square	det
19	square	square	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 dawn	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	have	past	he				tree rules
2	rescue	to-infinitive	he not said here	his father	a cruel execution		vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent father=Theme from execution=Source
3	happen	would	a cruel execution			dawn	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

to warn his mother of a wicked plot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	to	to	PART	_	2 warn	mark
2	warn	warn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mother	nmod:poss
4	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 warn	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	8 plot	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 plot	det
7	wicked	wicked	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 plot	amod
8	plot	plot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mother	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive			his mother of a wicked plot				vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mother=Recipient

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