Test 6 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

wait, why'd they keep the brothers at the inn?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, they · What happens: wait, keep · To what, where: brothers, inn

This is test 6 · ★ 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	_	3 why	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	1 wait	parataxis
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	6 keep	punct
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 keep	nsubj
6	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 brothers	det
8	brothers	brother	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 keep	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 inn	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 inn	det
11	inn	inn	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obl
12	?	?	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	keep	present	they	the brothers		the inn			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent brother=Theme at inn=Location

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

They had run up a bill and could not settle it

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	3 run	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	up	up	ADP	_	3 run	compound:prt
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bill	det
6	bill	bill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 settle	cc
8	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 settle	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 settle	advmod
10	settle	settle	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 run	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 settle	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run up	past · perfect	They	a bill					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bill=Trajectory
2	not settle	could	They not said here	bill					vn odge-46-1 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme it=Location

Option 2

The landlord wanted money they did not have

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 landlord	det
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
6	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 have	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 have	advmod
8	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 money	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	the landlord	money					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot money=Theme
2	not have	past · do-support	they	money not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Patient

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

They owed the landlord money and couldn't pay

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 owed	nsubj
2	owed	owe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 money	det
4	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 money	compound
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 owed	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pay	cc
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 pay	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 pay	advmod
9	pay	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 owed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	owe	past	They	the landlord money					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	not pay	could	They not said here						vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The landlord was keeping their horses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 landlord	det
2	landlord	landlord	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeping	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 keeping	aux
4	keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 horses	nmod:poss
6	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 keeping	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	past · progressive	the landlord	their horses					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Theme

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