Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey sho…

Wait, the people in the wood were just running round like headless chickens?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, people · What happens: wait, run

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 1890 «Fairy Tales, Prince Mannikin, part 27: a little monkey shows the Prince a rock of gold, and the Princess Sabella is found to have no heart» 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 running	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 people	det
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 running	nsubj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wood	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wood	det
7	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 people	nmod
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 running	aux
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 running	advmod
10	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl
11	round	round	ADV	_	10 running	advmod
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 chickens	case
13	headless	headless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chickens	amod
14	chickens	chicken	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 running	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	past · progressive	the people in the wood					like headless chickens; round property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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

Yeah, all lost and sad, searching round

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 lost	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 lost	nsubj:pass
4	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sad	cc
6	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 lost	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 searching	punct
8	searching	search	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 lost	advcl
9	round	round	ADV	_	8 searching	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	participle · passive		all					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	search	gerund						round property	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yeah, mad and gutted, looking for the way, and crying loads, innit

The tree, 12 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mad	punct
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gutted	cc
5	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mad	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 looking	punct
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 mad	parataxis
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 crying	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crying	cc
13	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 looking	conj
14	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 crying	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 innit	punct
16	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 mad	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	gut	participle			vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund		for the way	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme
3	cry speech: express	gerund	loads		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent load=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, mad and gutted, looking for the way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 mad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 mad	punct
3	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 gutted	cc
5	gutted	gut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 mad	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 looking	punct
7	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 mad	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 way	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	gut	participle							vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	look	gerund						for the way	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for way=Theme

Option 4

Nah, all calm, looking at the trees

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 looking	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 looking	nsubj
4	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looking	amod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 looking	punct
6	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 trees	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 trees	det
9	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund	all					at the trees	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at tree=Theme

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