Test 8 · ★ · pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd de…

the lord chamberlain came back in the morning expecting bones and found him laughing

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lord chamberlain, chamberlain · What happens: come back, expect, find, laugh · To what, where: bones, chamberlain

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 665 «pg2435 tales, To Your Good Health, part 1: the shepherd defies the king and survives the bear, the wild boars and the scythe pit» 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 chamberlain	det
2	lord	lord	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chamberlain	compound
3	chamberlain	chamberlain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 morning	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 morning	det
8	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	obl
9	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 came	advcl
10	bones	bone	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 expecting	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 found	cc
12	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 came	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 found	obj
14	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 found	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	come back	past	the lord chamberlain		morning	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	expect	gerund	the lord chamberlain not said here	bones		vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bone=Theme
3	find	past	the lord chamberlain not said here	chamberlain		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent he=Attribute clause=Theme
4	laugh	gerund	chamberlain not said here			vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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 · ✓ the right answer

ikr, he was still cracking up with tears on his cheeks, legend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cracking	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cracking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cracking	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 cracking	advmod
6	cracking	crack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 ikr	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 cracking	compound:prt
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 tears	case
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cracking	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 cheeks	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cheeks	nmod:poss
12	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tears	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 legend	punct
14	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ikr	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack up	past · progressive	he				still	with tears on his cheeks	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tear=Theme

Option 2

ikr, he was still sitting there with a cup of tea, legend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sitting	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ikr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sitting	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 sitting	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 sitting	advmod
6	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 sitting	advmod
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 cup	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 cup	det
10	cup	cup	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sitting	obl
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 tea	case
12	tea	tea	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cup	nmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 legend	punct
14	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sitting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	past · progressive	he	legend		there	still	with a cup of tea	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

ikr, he had already run off with the gold, legend

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 run	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ikr	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 run	nsubj
4	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 run	aux
5	already	already	ADV	_	6 run	advmod
6	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	off	off	ADP	_	6 run	compound:prt
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 gold	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gold	det
10	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 run	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 legend	punct
12	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 gold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run off	past · perfect	he					with the gold and legend; ikr vocative	vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent with gold=Material

Option 4

ikr, he was still cracking up with tears on his cheeks and rolling on the floor, the guards were scared, legend

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	ikr	ikr	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cracking	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cracking	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 cracking	aux
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 cracking	advmod
6	cracking	crack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 ikr	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 cracking	compound:prt
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 tears	case
9	tears	tear	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cracking	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 cheeks	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cheeks	nmod:poss
12	cheeks	cheek	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 tears	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 rolling	cc
14	rolling	roll	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cracking	conj
15	on	on	ADP	_	17 floor	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 floor	det
17	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 rolling	obl
18	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 scared	punct
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 guards	det
20	guards	guard	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 scared	nsubj
21	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 scared	cop
22	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 ikr	parataxis
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 legend	punct
24	legend	legend	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 scared	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	crack up	past · progressive	he		still	with tears on his cheeks	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location with tear=Theme
2	roll	gerund	he not said here	the floor			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on floor=Trajectory
3	is	past	the guards			scared property	tree rules

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