Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood…

Did the parents' quarrel get sorted, like, finally?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: parents · What happens: sort, quarrel · To what, where: quarrel

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1877 «Fairy Book, Sylvain and Jocosa, part 14: parted by a flood, saved by the Fairy» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 sorted	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 parents	det
3	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 quarrel	nmod:poss
4	'	's	PART	_	3 parents	case
5	quarrel	quarrel	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorted	nsubj:pass
6	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 sorted	aux:pass
7	sorted	sort	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 like	punct
9	like	like	INTJ	_	7 sorted	discourse
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 finally	punct
11	finally	finally	ADV	_	7 sorted	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 sorted	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past · passive · do-support		the parents's quarrel				finally property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	quarrel		the parents						nom quarrel «communication intransitive»: poss=agent

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

yeah, the lovers' fathers sorted it out themselves, at the wedding

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 sorted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 sorted	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lovers	det
4	lovers	lover	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fathers	nmod:poss
5	'	's	PART	_	4 lovers	case
6	fathers	father	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 sorted	nsubj
7	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 sorted	obj
9	out	out	ADP	_	7 sorted	compound:prt
10	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	7 sorted	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 wedding	punct
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 wedding	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 wedding	det
14	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 sorted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort out	past	the lovers's fathers	it		the wedding		fathers = father obl	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the Fairy sorted it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sorted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Fairy	det
4	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 sorted	nsubj
5	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past	the Fairy	it					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

yeah, the king sorted it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 sorted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sorted	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sorted	nsubj
5	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sorted	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort	past	the king	it					vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

nah, it kept going on and on until the Fairy finally sorted it out

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kept	nsubj
4	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 kept	xcomp
6	on	on	ADP	_	5 going	compound:prt
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 on	cc
8	on	on	ADV	_	4 kept	conj
9	until	until	SCONJ	_	13 sorted	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 Fairy	det
11	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	13 sorted	nsubj
12	finally	finally	ADV	_	13 sorted	advmod
13	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 kept	advcl
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 sorted	obj
15	out	out	ADP	_	13 sorted	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	keep	past	it			tree rules
2	go on	gerund				vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	sort out	past	the Fairy	it	finally property	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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