Test 5 · ★ · English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances int…

Lol, why was the old granddad bawling by the sea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: old granddad · What happens: be, bawl · To what, where: old granddad

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 245 «English Fairy Tales, Tattercoats: the goosegirl dances into the ball and is crowned Princess, and the gooseherd vanishes» 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	Lol	lol	INTJ	_	7 granddad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Lol	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 granddad	advmod
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 granddad	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 granddad	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 granddad	amod
7	granddad	granddad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	bawling	bawl	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 granddad	acl
9	by	by	ADP	_	11 sea	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sea	det
11	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bawling	obl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 granddad	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		the old granddad					tree rules
2	bawl speech: other	gerund	the old granddad not said here					by the sea	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «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

He'd sworn never to see her face again, and he kept that vow by the sea

The tree, 17 words

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 sworn	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	aux
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 see	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
9	again	again	ADV	_	6 see	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 kept	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 kept	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kept	nsubj
13	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	conj
14	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 vow	det
15	vow	vow	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obj
16	by	by	ADP	_	18 sea	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 sea	det
18	sea	sea	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	He				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not see	to-infinitive	He not said here	her face	again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
3	keep	past	he	that vow		by the sea	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent vow=Theme by sea=Location

Option 2

He missed his old wife dearly

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 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 wife	nmod:poss
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wife	amod
5	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj
6	dearly	dearly	ADV	_	2 missed	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	He	his old wife				dearly property	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wife=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He'd sworn never to see her face

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 sworn	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	aux
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 see	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	He						vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	not see	to-infinitive	He not said here	her face					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus

Option 4

He'd sworn never to see her face after the day she left the palace in rags

The tree, 17 words

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 sworn	nsubj
2	'd	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 sworn	aux
3	sworn	swear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 see	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 sworn	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 face	nmod:poss
8	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obj
9	after	after	ADP	_	11 day	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 day	det
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 see	obl
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 left	nsubj
13	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 day	acl:relcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 palace	det
15	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 left	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	17 rags	case
17	rags	rag	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 palace	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	swear	past · perfect	He				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not see	to-infinitive	He not said here	her face		day	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=Stimulus
3	leave	past	she	the palace	rags		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent palace=Theme in rag=Location

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