Test 11 · ★ · Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maid…

wait so what did the old man say pipes would do

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old man, pipes · What happens: wait, say, do · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 677 «Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maiden is carried off, and lazy Tiidu finds his pipes» 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	so	so	ADV	_	8 say	advmod
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 say	obj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 say	aux
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
9	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 do	nsubj
10	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 do	aux
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	say speech: assert	past · do-support	the old man	tree rules
3	do	would	pipes	vn act-114-1 «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

earn him money, but only if he played for the emperor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	earn	earn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 earn	iobj
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 earn	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 played	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 played	cc
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 played	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 played	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 played	nsubj
9	played	play	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 earn	parataxis
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 emperor	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 emperor	det
12	emperor	emperor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 played	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	imperative	you not said here	money	him = he				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary money=Theme
2	play a condition, not said to happen	past	he					for the emperor	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent for emperor=Eventuality

Option 2

make him famous across every kingdom and bring him endless wealth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	make	make	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 make	obj
3	famous	famous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 make	xcomp
4	across	across	ADP	_	6 kingdom	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 kingdom	det
6	kingdom	kingdom	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 make	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 bring	cc
8	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 make	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 bring	obj
10	endless	endless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 wealth	amod
11	wealth	wealth	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	imperative	you not said here	him = he		every kingdom		famous property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset he=Product
2	bring	infinitive	you not said here	endless wealth	him = he				vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination wealth=Theme

Option 3

bring him gold from the royal court

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 bring	obj
3	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bring	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 court	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 court	det
6	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 court	amod
7	court	court	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	imperative	you not said here	gold	him = he	the royal court			vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Agent he=Destination gold=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

earn him money wherever people listened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	earn	earn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 earn	iobj
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 earn	obj
4	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	6 listened	advmod
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 listened	nsubj
6	listened	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 earn	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	earn	imperative	you not said here	money	him = he				vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary money=Theme
2	listen	past	people					wherever property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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