Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Book, Prince Mannikin, part 26: the sailors land, Ki…

mate, why did Mannikin bother saving some of the dust?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mannikin · What happens: bother, save · To what, where: some

This is test 3 · ★ 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bother	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bother	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 bother	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bother	aux
5	Mannikin	Mannikin	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bother	nsubj
6	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	saving	save	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bother	xcomp
8	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	7 saving	obj
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 dust	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dust	det
11	dust	dust	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 some	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 bother	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bother	past · do-support	Mannikin					mate vocative	tree rules
2	save	gerund	Mannikin not said here	some					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=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

cos it might come in handy one day if the sailors got into trouble again

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cos	ccomp
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	handy	handy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 cos	obl:unmarked
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 got	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sailors	det
11	sailors	sailor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 got	nsubj
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 cos	advcl
13	into	into	ADP	_	14 trouble	case
14	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 got	obl
15	again	again	ADV	_	12 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here		day	tree rules
2	come in	might	it			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	get a condition, not said to happen	past	the sailors	trouble	again	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination

Option 2

cos he thought it would make a lovely present for the King later on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 thought	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 thought	nsubj
3	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 make	nsubj
5	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 make	aux
6	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 thought	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 present	det
8	lovely	lovely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 present	amod
9	present	present	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 make	obj
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 King	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 King	det
12	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 present	nmod
13	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 make	advmod
14	on	on	ADP	_	6 make	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	cos						vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	make	would	it	a lovely present				for the King; late property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent present=Product for king=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos it might come in handy one day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 come	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 come	aux
4	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 cos	ccomp
5	in	in	ADV	_	4 come	advmod
6	handy	handy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 day	amod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 day	nummod
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	come in	might	it				day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

cos he wanted to sell it later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sell	mark
5	sell	sell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sell	obj
7	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 sell	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	cos						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sell not said to happen	to-infinitive	cos not said here	it				late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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