Test 3 · ★ · Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagl…

wait, why did the eagle snatch her, was he hungry or what?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, eagle · What happens: wait, snatch, be · To what, where: her

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 676 «Fairy Tales, Wildrose, part 16: the baby vanishes, an eagle carries her off, the prince searches» 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	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 snatch	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 snatch	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 snatch	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 eagle	det
6	eagle	eagle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 snatch	nsubj
7	snatch	snatch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 snatch	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 hungry	punct
10	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 hungry	cop
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 hungry	nsubj
12	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	parataxis
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 what	cc
14	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 hungry	conj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	snatch	past · do-support	the eagle	her = she		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	is	past	eagle		hungry property	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

He wanted a tasty snack for his dinner

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 snack	det
4	tasty	tasty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 snack	amod
5	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 dinner	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 dinner	nmod:poss
8	dinner	dinner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	a tasty snack				for his dinner	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot snack=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He thought of his hungry babies 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 thought	nsubj
2	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	6 babies	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 babies	nmod:poss
5	hungry	hungry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 babies	amod
6	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 thought	ccomp
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 home	case
8	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 babies	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	He						vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

He had seen the girl from far above and decided to take her home to raise with his own young ones, since they had no mother

The tree, 26 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 seen	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	aux
3	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 seen	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 above	case
7	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 above	advmod
8	above	above	ADV	_	3 seen	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 decided	cc
10	decided	decide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 take	mark
12	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 decided	xcomp
13	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 home	nmod:poss
14	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 take	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 raise	mark
16	raise	raise	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 take	advcl
17	with	with	ADP	_	21 ones	case
18	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 ones	nmod:poss
19	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ones	amod
20	young	young	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 ones	amod
21	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 raise	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 had	punct
23	since	since	SCONJ	_	25 had	mark
24	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 had	nsubj
25	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 seen	conj
26	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	27 mother	det
27	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 had	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	see	past · perfect	He	the girl		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer girl=Stimulus
2	decide	past	He not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	girl's home		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme
4	raise	to-infinitive	He not said here		with his own young ones	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with one=Instrument
5	have	past	they	no mother		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mother=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He wanted the baby as a pet for his nest, and he had seen her in the field and wanted to keep her

The tree, 23 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	2 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 baby	det
4	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obj
5	as	as	ADP	_	7 pet	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pet	det
7	pet	pet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 nest	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 nest	nmod:poss
10	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wanted	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 seen	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 seen	cc
13	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 seen	nsubj
14	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 seen	aux
15	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 wanted	conj
16	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 seen	obj
17	in	in	ADP	_	19 field	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 field	det
19	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 seen	obl
20	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 wanted	cc
21	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 wanted	conj
22	to	to	PART	_	23 keep	mark
23	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	21 wanted	xcomp
24	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	23 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	want	past	He	the baby		as a pet; for pet's nest	vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent baby=Theme as pet=Attribute
2	see	past · perfect	pet	her = she	the field		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	want	past	He not said here				vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
4	keep not said to happen	to-infinitive	He not said here	her = she			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

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