Test 13 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Why did Milan and Hyacinthia legg it on his horse at the end?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: legg · What happens: do · To what, where: Milan legg, end

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1910 «Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a kind Fairy helps Helena sort the feathers and empty the pond, and her cruel stepmother plans something worse» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	Milan	Milan	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 legg	compound
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 Hyacinthia	cc
5	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Milan	conj
6	legg	legg	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 horse	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 horse	nmod:poss
10	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 end	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 end	det
13	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	legg	Milan legg			at the end	on Hyacinthia's horse	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent legg=Eventuality

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

Because the king's soldiers were chasing them across the fields and they needed to get away fast

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	7 chasing	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 soldiers	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 king	case
5	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chasing	nsubj
6	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chasing	aux
7	chasing	chase	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 chasing	obj
9	across	across	ADP	_	11 fields	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fields	det
11	fields	field	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 chasing	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 needed	cc
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 needed	nsubj
14	needed	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 chasing	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 get	mark
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 needed	xcomp
17	away	away	ADV	_	16 get	advmod
18	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	16 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	chase	past · progressive	the king's soldiers	them = they	the fields		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme across field=Trajectory
2	need	past	soldiers = soldier				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	get away not said to happen	to-infinitive	soldiers = soldier not said here			away, fast property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To get to King Kojata's country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 get	mark
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	ADP	_	7 country	case
4	King	King	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 country	nmod:poss
5	Kojata	Kojata	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 King	flat
6	's	's	PART	_	4 King	case
7	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	to-infinitive						to King's country result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to country=Result

Option 3

To find the king's new castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 find	mark
2	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 king	det
4	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 castle	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 king	case
6	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 castle	amod
7	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	to-infinitive		the king's new castle					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent castle=Topic

Option 4

Because Milan suddenly remembered Hyacinthia and wanted to ride to the old man's cottage to thank him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	4 remembered	mark
2	Milan	Milan	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 remembered	nsubj
3	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	4 remembered	advmod
4	remembered	remember	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Hyacinthia	Hyacinthia	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 remembered	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 wanted	cc
7	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 remembered	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 ride	mark
9	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 wanted	xcomp
10	to	to	ADP	_	15 cottage	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 man	det
12	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 man	amod
13	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 cottage	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 man	case
15	cottage	cottage	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ride	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 thank	mark
17	thank	thank	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ride	advcl
18	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 thank	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	remember	past	Milan	Hyacinthia			suddenly property	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent hyacinthia=Theme
2	want	past	Milan not said here					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
3	ride not said to happen	to-infinitive	Milan not said here			the old man's cottage		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to cottage=Trajectory
4	thank speech: thank	to-infinitive	Milan not said here		Hyacinthia			vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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