Test 13 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…

what did the army do when the ship left?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ship · What happens: do, leave · To what, where: army

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1889 «Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, King Bayard tells his tale, and a monkey leads the Prince away» 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	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 army	det
4	army	army	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 left	aux
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 left	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ship	det
8	ship	ship	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 left	nsubj
9	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 did	conj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past		the army					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent army=Eventuality
2	leave	present · do-support	the ship						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «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 · ← Mova's choice

they stood there silent, then gave a massive cheer and a few tears

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 stood	nsubj
2	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	2 stood	advmod
4	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stood	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 gave	punct
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 gave	advmod
7	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 stood	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cheer	det
9	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cheer	amod
10	cheer	cheer	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gave	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tears	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tears	det
13	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 tears	amod
14	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cheer	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	past	they			there		silent property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	give	past	they not said here	a massive cheer and a few tears			then		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cheer=Theme

Option 2

they cried a lot, sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 cried	nsubj
2	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 lot	det
4	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cried	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sad	punct
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cried	advcl

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

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

they howled loads, proper sad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 howled	nsubj
2	howled	howl	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 howled	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 howled	punct
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sad	amod
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 howled	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	howl	past	they	loads				sad property	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent load=Theme

Option 4

they sang a bit, happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sang	nsubj
2	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 sang	obl:unmarked
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 sang	punct
6	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 sang	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sing speech: express	past	they	a bit				happy property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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