Test 8 · ★ · pg7277, The Golden Blackbird, part 2: the stolen palace re…

did the Porcelain Maiden go for a swim with her mates?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Porcelain Maiden · What happens: go

This is test 8 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 Maiden	det
3	Porcelain	Porcelain	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 Maiden	compound
4	Maiden	Maiden	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 swim	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 swim	det
8	swim	swim	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
9	with	with	ADP	_	11 mates	case
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mates	nmod:poss
11	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swim	nmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the Porcelain Maiden					for a swim with Maiden's mates	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for swim=Beneficiary

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

Nah, she was out with her friends in the lake, having a bath, when the stranger came by and noticed her clothes

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	13 having	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 out	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 out	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 out	cop
5	out	out	ADV	_	1 Nah	advmod
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 friends	case
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 friends	nmod:poss
8	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 out	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 friends	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 having	punct
13	having	have	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bath	det
15	bath	bath	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 having	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 came	punct
17	when	when	SCONJ	_	20 came	mark
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 stranger	det
19	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 came	nsubj
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 having	parataxis
21	by	by	ADP	_	20 came	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 noticed	cc
23	noticed	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 came	conj
24	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	25 clothes	nmod:poss
25	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	23 noticed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	past	she		with her friends in the lake; out property	tree rules
2	have	gerund		a bath		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bath=Patient
3	come by	past	the stranger			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	notice	past	the stranger not said here	stranger's clothes		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer clothes=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she bathed in the lake with her friends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 bathed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bathed	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bathed	nsubj
4	bathed	bath	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 lake	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 lake	det
7	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bathed	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 friends	case
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 friends	nmod:poss
10	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bathed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bath	past	she			the lake		with her friends	tree rules

Option 3

Nah, they only paddled in the shallows near camp

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 paddled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 paddled	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 paddled	advmod
5	paddled	paddle	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 shallows	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shallows	det
8	shallows	shallow	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 paddled	obl
9	near	near	ADP	_	10 camp	case
10	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 paddled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paddle	past	they			the shallows		near camp	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she and her friends went bathing in the lake every afternoon, laughing and splashing about

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 went	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 went	nsubj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 friends	cc
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 friends	nmod:poss
6	friends	friend	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 she	conj
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	bathing	bath	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 went	xcomp
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 lake	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 lake	det
11	lake	lake	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bathing	obl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 afternoon	det
13	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bathing	obl:unmarked
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 laughing	punct
15	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 bathing	conj
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 splashing	cc
17	splashing	splash	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 bathing	conj
18	about	about	ADV	_	17 splashing	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	she				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	bath	gerund	she not said here	the lake	afternoon		tree rules
3	laugh	gerund	she not said here				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	splash about	gerund	she not said here			about property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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