Test 13 · ★ · Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' ques…

peng, how did the cousins greet each other when they finally met?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: peng, cousins · What happens: do, greet, meet · To what, where: each

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 1920 «Yellow Fairy Book, Princess Placida: the two cousins' quests end in joy» 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	peng	peng	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 did	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct
3	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 did	advmod
4	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 cousins	det
6	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 greet	nsubj
7	greet	greet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 did	parataxis
8	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	7 greet	obj
9	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 each	fixed
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 met	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 met	nsubj
12	finally	finally	ADV	_	13 met	advmod
13	met	meet	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 greet	advcl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 did	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	peng			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	greet speech: greet	present	the cousins	each		vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Theme
3	meet	past	cousins = cousin		finally property	vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

stood apart for a long while, then embraced warmly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	stood	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	apart	apart	ADV	_	1 stood	advmod
3	for	for	ADP	_	6 while	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 while	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 while	amod
6	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 stood	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 embraced	punct
8	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 embraced	advmod
9	embraced	embrace	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 stood	conj
10	warmly	warmly	ADV	_	9 embraced	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand apart	past					while	apart property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	embrace	past					then	warmly property	vn marry-36.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

rushed together with joy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	together	together	ADV	_	1 rushed	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rushed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	participle						with joy; together property	vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with joy=Eventuality

Option 3

rushed together with joy and wept aloud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
2	together	together	ADV	_	1 rushed	advmod
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 joy	case
4	joy	joy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 rushed	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wept	cc
6	wept	weep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 rushed	conj
7	aloud	aloud	ADV	_	6 wept	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rush	participle						with joy; together property	vn rush-53.2 «NP V PP.eventuality»: agent=Agent with joy=Eventuality
2	weep	past						aloud property	vn breathe-40.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

shouted and waved hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	shouted	shout	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 hands	amod
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 waved	cc
3	waved	wave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 shouted	conj
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	participle							vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	participle							vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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