Test 2 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

wait, how'd the gardener get the snuff-box, did he nick it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, gardener · What happens: wait, get, nick · To what, where: gardener, box

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1897 «pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace returns home, and the youngest son meets the hare and the Porcelain Maiden» 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	_	7 get	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	7 get	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 gardener	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gardener	det
6	gardener	gardener	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obl
7	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 box	det
9	snuff	snuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 box	compound
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	9 snuff	punct
11	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 nick	punct
13	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 nick	aux
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 nick	nsubj
15	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 nick	obj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present		the gardener	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer box=Stimulus
3	nick	past · do-support	gardener	box	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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 waited for the cook to lock it up and then slipped in

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 waited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
4	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 cook	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cook	det
7	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waited	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 lock	mark
9	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waited	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 lock	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 lock	compound:prt
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 slipped	cc
13	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 slipped	advmod
14	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	conj
15	in	in	ADP	_	14 slipped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	he			for the cook	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	lock up	to-infinitive	he not said here	cook			vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
3	slip in	past	he not said here		then		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, he disguised himself as a delivery boy, wandered into the bedchamber, and the maid just handed it over happily

The tree, 20 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 disguised	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 disguised	nsubj
4	disguised	disguise	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	4 disguised	obj
6	as	as	ADP	_	9 boy	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boy	det
8	delivery	delivery	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 boy	compound
9	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 disguised	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 wandered	punct
11	wandered	wander	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disguised	conj
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 bedchamber	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 bedchamber	det
14	bedchamber	bedchamber	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 wandered	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 handed	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 handed	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 maid	det
18	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 handed	nsubj
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 handed	advmod
20	handed	hand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 disguised	conj
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 handed	obj
22	over	over	ADP	_	20 handed	compound:prt
23	happily	happily	ADV	_	20 handed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	disguise	past	he	himself = he		as a delivery boy	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent himself=Destination
2	wander	past	he not said here		the bedchamber		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into bedchamber=Destination
3	hand over	past	the maid	bedchamber		happily property	vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he waited for the maid to stash it and then crept in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 waited	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 waited	nsubj
4	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 maid	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 maid	det
7	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waited	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 stash	mark
9	stash	stash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 waited	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stash	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 crept	cc
12	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 crept	advmod
13	crept	creep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 waited	conj
14	in	in	ADP	_	13 crept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	wait	past	he			for the maid	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stash	to-infinitive	he not said here	maid			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	creep in	past	he not said here		then		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Nah, he bribed the maid with a gold coin and she gave it to him

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 bribed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bribed	nsubj
4	bribed	bribe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 maid	det
6	maid	maid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bribed	obj
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 coin	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 coin	det
9	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coin	compound
10	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bribed	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 gave	cc
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	nsubj
13	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 bribed	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	obj
15	to	to	ADP	_	16 him	case
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 gave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bribe	past	he	the maid				with a gold coin	vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent maid=Patient
2	give	past	maid	coin	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Recipient

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