Test 1 · ★ · The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans…

wait, why'd Hans even go out in that gnarly storm?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Hans · What happens: wait, go out · To what, where: gnarly storm

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 2038 «The Happy Prince and Other Tales, The Devoted Friend: Hans drowns in the storm, and the Miller only frets about his wheelbarrow» 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	_	7 go	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 go	advmod
4	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 go	aux
5	Hans	Han	PROPN	Number=Plur	7 go	nsubj
6	even	even	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
8	out	out	ADV	_	7 go	advmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 storm	case
10	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	12 storm	det
11	gnarly	gnarly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 storm	amod
12	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
13	?	?	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	go out	would	Hans			that gnarly storm		out property	vn interact-36.6 «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

cos the Miller said he'd give him his wheelbarrow later on for sure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Miller	det
3	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	nsubj
6	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 give	aux
7	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
8	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 give	iobj
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 wheelbarrow	nmod:poss
10	wheelbarrow	wheelbarrow	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 give	obj
11	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 give	advmod
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 sure	case
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 sure	case
14	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 give	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive						tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the Miller					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	give	would	Miller	Miller's wheelbarrow	him = he	sure	late property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent he=Recipient wheelbarrow=Theme on sure=Asset

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

cos the Miller was being mean

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Miller	det
3	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 mean	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 mean	cop
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 mean	cop
6	mean	mean	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 cos	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cos	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	is	past	the Miller					mean property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

cos the Miller said it was only fair

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 said	ccomp
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Miller	det
3	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 said	nsubj
4	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fair	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 fair	cop
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 fair	advmod
8	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	cos	infinitive			tree rules
2	say speech: assert	past	the Miller		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	is	past	Miller	fair property	tree rules

Option 4

cos he was scared the Miller would shout at him for not going

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 scared	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 scared	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 scared	cop
4	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 Miller	det
6	Miller	Miller	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 shout	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 shout	aux
8	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 scared	ccomp
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shout	obl
11	for	for	SCONJ	_	13 going	mark
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 going	advmod
13	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 shout	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	past	cos	scared property	tree rules
2	shout speech: express	would	the Miller	at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	not go	gerund	the Miller not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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