Test 12 · ★ · Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpi…

wait the mums in the towns, did they panic too

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, mums · What happens: wait, panic · To what, where: mums, towns

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 2069 «Tanglewood Tales, The Pomegranate Seeds, part 28: Proserpina pulls up a strange shrub and is carried off by Pluto» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 mums	det
3	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 wait	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 towns	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 towns	det
6	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 panic	punct
8	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 panic	aux
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 panic	nsubj
10	panic	panic	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
11	too	too	ADV	_	10 panic	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	the mums		the towns			tree rules
2	panic	past · do-support	mums = mum						vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: 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

they dropped everything and rushed out into the streets to find their children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 dropped	nsubj
2	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 dropped	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 rushed	cc
5	rushed	rush	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 dropped	conj
6	out	out	ADP	_	5 rushed	compound:prt
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 streets	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 streets	det
9	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dropped	obl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 dropped	advcl
12	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 children	nmod:poss
13	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	drop	past	they	everything	the streets	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent everything=Theme into street=Destination
2	rush out	participle	they not said here			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	find	to-infinitive	they not said here	streets's children		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Topic

Option 2

they went to look for the nymphs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 look	mark
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 went	xcomp
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 nymphs	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 nymphs	det
7	nymphs	nymph	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	they						vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	to-infinitive	they not said here					for the nymphs	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for nymph=Theme

Option 3

they ran out into the streets to check on their kids and call for help

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	into	into	ADP	_	6 streets	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 streets	det
6	streets	street	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ran	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 check	mark
8	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 kids	case
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 kids	nmod:poss
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 check	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 call	cc
13	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 check	conj
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 help	case
15	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 call	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run out	past	they	into the streets result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into street=Result
2	check	to-infinitive	they not said here	on streets's kids	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kid=Location
3	call	infinitive	they not said here	for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they ran out to check on their kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 ran	compound:prt
4	to	to	PART	_	5 check	mark
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ran	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 kids	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 kids	nmod:poss
8	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run out	past	they						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	check	to-infinitive	they not said here					on their kids	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kid=Location

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