Test 6 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince…

Did he dodge towns, like totally avoid them, or what?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: dodge, avoid · To what, where: towns

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1888 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 25: the tiny Prince signs up for the Ice Mountain quest, is wrecked, and frees a crew of enchanted sailors» 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	3 dodge	aux
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dodge	nsubj
3	dodge	dodge	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 dodge	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 avoid	punct
6	like	like	SCONJ	_	8 avoid	mark
7	totally	totally	ADV	_	8 avoid	advmod
8	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 dodge	parataxis
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 avoid	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 what	punct
11	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 what	cc
12	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 avoid	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 dodge	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dodge	past · do-support	he	towns					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent town=Location
2	avoid	present		towns = town				totally property	vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent they=Location

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, he went right round them all cos he was scared of people taking the mick out of his name

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 went	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 scared	advcl
5	right	right	ADV	_	7 them	advmod
6	round	round	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	obl
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 cos	det
9	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 scared	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 scared	cop
12	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
13	of	of	ADP	_	14 people	case
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 scared	obl
15	taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 people	acl
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 mick	det
17	mick	mick	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 taking	obj
18	out	out	ADP	_	21 name	case
19	of	of	ADP	_	21 name	case
20	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 name	nmod:poss
21	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 taking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	past	he	all cos		round them = they	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round they=Initial_Location
2	is	past	he			of people; scared property	tree rules
3	take	gerund	people not said here	the mick	his name		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent mick=Theme out name=Initial_Location
4	name		his = he				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, cos he feared the joke about his name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 feared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 feared	punct
3	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	5 feared	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 feared	nsubj
5	feared	fear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 joke	det
7	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 feared	obj
8	about	about	ADP	_	10 name	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 name	nmod:poss
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 joke	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fear	past	he	the joke				about his name	vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer joke=Stimulus
2	name		his = he						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he went through every town he could find cos he wanted everyone to see him and laugh at his name

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 find	advcl
5	through	through	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 went	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 find	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 find	aux
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 wanted	mark
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 wanted	nsubj
13	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 find	ccomp
14	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 wanted	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 see	mark
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 wanted	xcomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 see	obj
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 laugh	cc
19	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 find	conj
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 name	case
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 name	nmod:poss
22	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 laugh	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	go	past	he		every town	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through town=Initial_Location
2	find	could	he			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
3	want	past	he	everyone		tree rules
4	see not said to happen	to-infinitive	everyone not said here	him = he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
5	laugh	present	he not said here		his name	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
6	name		his = he			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Nah, he just fancied the open road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 fancied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fancied	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 fancied	advmod
5	fancied	fancy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 road	amod
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fancied	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fancy	past	he	the open road					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus

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