Test 3 · ★ · Pink Fairy Book, Prince Ficklé and Fair Helena, part 1: a…

Wait, how did the old man end up with the blue flower?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, old man · What happens: wait, end up

This is test 3 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 end	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 end	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 end	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	nsubj
8	end	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	parataxis
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 end	compound:prt
10	with	with	ADP	_	13 flower	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 flower	det
12	blue	blue	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 flower	amod
13	flower	flower	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 end	obl
14	?	?	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	end up	past · do-support	the old man					with the blue flower	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=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

He plucked it from the field

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 plucked	nsubj
2	plucked	pluck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 plucked	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 field	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 field	det
6	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 plucked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pluck	past	He	it		the field			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent it=Theme from field=Source

Option 2

He had dug all night beside the path and finally pulled it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 dug	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dug	aux
3	dug	dig	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	obl:unmarked
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 path	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 path	det
8	path	path	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 dug	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 pulled	cc
10	finally	finally	ADV	_	11 pulled	advmod
11	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 dug	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 pulled	obj
13	up	up	ADP	_	11 pulled	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dig	past · perfect	He			the path	night		vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent beside path=Location
2	pull up	past	He not said here	path				finally property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

A kind fairy from the forest brought it to him in a basket along with bread and cheese

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 fairy	det
2	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 fairy	amod
3	fairy	fairy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	nsubj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 forest	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 forest	det
6	forest	forest	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fairy	nmod
7	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 brought	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 brought	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 basket	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 basket	det
13	basket	basket	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 brought	obl
14	along	along	ADP	_	16 bread	case
15	with	with	ADP	_	16 bread	case
16	bread	bread	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 basket	nmod
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 cheese	cc
18	cheese	cheese	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 basket	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	a kind fairy from the forest	forest	him = he	a basket along bread and cheese			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to he=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He pulled it up and took it home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 pulled	compound:prt
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 took	cc
6	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 pulled	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 took	obj
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull up	past	He	it					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	take	past	He not said here	it				home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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