Test 9 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is…

What was the thing about his dad being stuck in a cave?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be · To what, where: thing, cave

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1894 «Violet Fairy Book, The Enchanted Ring, part 1: Rosimond is cast out, gets a magic ring, and spies on the wicked King» 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	4 thing	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 thing	det
4	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 dad	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stuck	obl
8	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 stuck	cop
9	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 thing	parataxis
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 cave	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 cave	det
12	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stuck	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the thing					tree rules
2	is	gerund				a cave		about his dad; stuck property	tree rules

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 · ✓ the right answer

The Fairy trapped him till Rosimond fetched him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trapped	det
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 trapped	nsubj:pass
3	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trapped	obj
5	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 fetched	mark
6	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fetched	nsubj
7	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trapped	advcl
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fetched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	trap	participle · passive		Fairy					tree rules
2	fetch	past	Rosimond	Fairy					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The Fairy trapped him in the cave till Rosimond went and fetched him out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 trapped	det
2	Fairy	Fairy	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 trapped	nsubj:pass
3	trapped	trap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 trapped	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 cave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cave	det
7	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 trapped	obl
8	till	till	SCONJ	_	10 went	mark
9	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 went	nsubj
10	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 trapped	advcl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fetched	cc
12	fetched	fetch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 went	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fetched	obj
14	out	out	ADP	_	12 fetched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	trap	participle · passive		Fairy	the cave	tree rules
2	go	past	Rosimond			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fetch out	past	Rosimond not said here	Rosimond		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 3

He got stuck in a cave cos he chased a stag, then Rosimond had to rescue him

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 got	nsubj
2	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 got	xcomp
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 cos	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cos	det
6	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cos	compound
7	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stuck	obl
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 chased	nsubj
9	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cos	acl:relcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 stag	det
11	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 chased	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 had	punct
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 had	advmod
14	Rosimond	Rosimond	PROPN	Number=Sing	15 had	nsubj
15	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 got	conj
16	to	to	PART	_	17 rescue	mark
17	rescue	rescue	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 had	xcomp
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 rescue	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	He			stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	chase	past	he	a stag			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stag=Theme
3	have	past	Rosimond		then		tree rules
4	rescue	to-infinitive	Rosimond not said here	Rosimond			vn steal-10.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

Option 4

He was chased by a stag and fell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chased	nsubj:pass
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chased	aux:pass
3	chased	chase	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 stag	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 stag	det
6	stag	stag	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chased	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 fell	cc
8	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 chased	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	past · passive	a stag	He					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	fall	past	a stag not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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