Test 9 · ★ · Europe's Fairy Book, Tiidu the Piper, part 17: a wise maid…

fr why did his fam not even mind when he ghosted

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: he · What happens: not mind, ghost

This is test 9 · ★ 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	fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 mind	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mind	aux
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 fam	nmod:poss
5	fam	fam	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 did	obj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 mind	advmod
7	even	even	ADV	_	8 mind	advmod
8	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 fr	acl:relcl
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 ghosted	advmod
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ghosted	nsubj
11	ghosted	ghost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 mind	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mind	past · do-support							vn care-88.1 «NP V whether/if S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	ghost	past	he						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

they had been expecting him to leave for years

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	4 expecting	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 expecting	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 expecting	aux
4	expecting	expect	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 expecting	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 leave	mark
7	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 expecting	xcomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 years	case
9	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	past · perfect · progressive	they	him = he					tree rules
2	leave not said to happen	to-infinitive	him = he not said here				year		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

they were relieved

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	3 relieved	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 relieved	cop
3	relieved	relieved	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					relieved property	tree rules

Option 3

they were secretly happy he had gone away

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	4 happy	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
3	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	4 happy	advmod
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gone	nsubj
6	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 gone	aux
7	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 happy	acl:relcl
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 gone	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					happy, secretly property	tree rules
2	go away	past · perfect	he					away property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

they were glad he finally showed some spirit

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	3 glad	nsubj
2	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 glad	cop
3	glad	glad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 showed	nsubj
5	finally	finally	ADV	_	6 showed	advmod
6	showed	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 glad	ccomp
7	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	8 spirit	det
8	spirit	spirit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 showed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					glad property	tree rules
2	show	past	he	some spirit				finally property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent spirit=Recipient

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