Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws…

Why did the posh folk drive while the rest walked, innit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, rest · What happens: do, walk, innit · To what, where: posh folk drive

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 297 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Bell, part 24: the bell draws the town into the wood, and only a few go on» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 did	advmod
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 innit	advcl
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drive	det
4	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drive	amod
5	folk	folk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drive	compound
6	drive	drive	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
7	while	while	SCONJ	_	10 walked	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 rest	det
9	rest	rest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walked	nsubj
10	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 did	advcl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 did	punct
12	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 innit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	do	past	you not said here	the posh folk drive	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drive=Eventuality
2	walk	past	the rest		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	innit	imperative	you not said here		tree rules

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

the road was muddy and the carriages were pulled by four white horses from the king's stables

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 road	det
2	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 muddy	nsubj
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 muddy	cop
4	muddy	muddy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 pulled	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 carriages	det
7	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pulled	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 pulled	aux:pass
9	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 muddy	conj
10	by	by	ADP	_	13 horses	case
11	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 horses	nummod
12	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 horses	amod
13	horses	horse	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pulled	obl
14	from	from	ADP	_	18 stables	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 king	det
16	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 stables	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 king	case
18	stables	stable	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the road					muddy property	tree rules
2	pull	past · passive	four white horses	the carriages		the king's stables			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent subject=Theme from stable=Initial_Location

Option 2

they had fine boots on

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 had	nsubj
2	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 boots	amod
4	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 had	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	2 had	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	they	fine boots					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Patient

Option 3

the rich had carriages and the poor were not allowed to ride in the royal coach on feast days

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rich	det
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 allowed	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 poor	det
7	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 allowed	nsubj:pass
8	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 allowed	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 allowed	advmod
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 had	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 ride	mark
12	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 allowed	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 coach	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 coach	det
15	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 coach	amod
16	coach	coach	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ride	obl
17	on	on	ADP	_	19 days	case
18	feast	feast	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 days	compound
19	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	have	past	the rich	carriages			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient
2	not allow	past · passive		the poor			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
3	ride not said to happen	to-infinitive	the poor not said here		the royal coach	day	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

the rich had carriages

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rich	det
2	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 had	nsubj
3	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	carriages	carriage	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	the rich	carriages					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent carriage=Patient

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