Test 2 · ★ · fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John bu…

wait so the princess kept the purse? lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, princess · What happens: wait, keep · To what, where: purse

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 1900 «fairy tales (pg7277), The Little Soldier, part 37: John buys a golden coach, plays cards with the King, and loses his purse and cloak to Ludovine» 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	so	so	ADV	_	5 kept	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 princess	det
4	princess	princess	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj
5	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 purse	det
7	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 wait	discourse

#	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	past	the princess	the purse					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent purse=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 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, she hid it under the bed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 hid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 hid	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	nsubj
4	hid	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hid	obj
6	under	under	ADP	_	8 bed	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bed	det
8	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hid	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	past	she	it		the bed			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Patient under bed=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, she nicked it while he was snoring

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 nicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 nicked	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nicked	nsubj
4	nicked	nick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 nicked	obj
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 snoring	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 snoring	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 snoring	aux
9	snoring	snore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 nicked	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past	she	it					vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	snore	past · progressive	he						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nope, she gave it back the next day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	4 gave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	nsubj
4	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gave	obj
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 gave	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 day	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 day	amod
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gave	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give back	past	she	it			day		vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

Nah, the King took it back and locked it in the treasury before the wedding

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 King	det
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	back	back	ADV	_	5 took	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 locked	cc
9	locked	lock	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 took	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 locked	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 treasury	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 treasury	det
13	treasury	treasury	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locked	obl
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 wedding	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wedding	det
16	wedding	wedding	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 locked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take back	past	the King	it					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	lock	past	the King not said here	it		the treasury	before the wedding		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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