Test 5 · ★ · The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon s…

Did the Prince actually go after the dragon, or did he chill at home?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Prince · What happens: go, chill · To what, where: home

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 654 «The Book of Dragons, The Fiery Dragon, part 22: a dragon scares the town and the Prince sets out to hunt it» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Prince	det
3	Prince	Prince	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 go	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 dragon	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dragon	det
8	dragon	dragon	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 chill	punct
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 chill	cc
11	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 chill	aux
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 chill	nsubj
13	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 go	conj
14	at	at	ADP	_	15 home	case
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 chill	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past · do-support	the Prince				after the dragon	actually property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chill	past · do-support	Prince			home			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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

He rode off with his guards to chase

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 rode	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 guards	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 guards	nmod:poss
6	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rode	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 chase	mark
8	chase	chase	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rode	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride off	past	He					with his guards	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	chase	to-infinitive	He not said here						vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He rode out with his hippos to hunt it

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 rode	nsubj
2	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	out	out	ADP	_	2 rode	compound:prt
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 hippos	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 hippos	nmod:poss
6	hippos	hippo	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 rode	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 hunt	mark
8	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 rode	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride out	past	He					with his hippos	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	hunt	to-infinitive	He not said here	it					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He sent his hounds to hunt it

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 sent	nsubj
2	sent	send	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	4 hounds	nmod:poss
4	hounds	hound	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sent	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hunt	mark
6	hunt	hunt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 sent	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 hunt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	He	his hounds					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hound=Theme
2	hunt	to-infinitive	He not said here	it					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 4

He chilled at home

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 chilled	nsubj
2	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 home	case
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 chilled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past	He			home			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

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