Test 10 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

wait, why does the old man give him pipes again?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, old man · What happens: wait, give · To what, where: pipes, him

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 679 «Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magic apples and a hope of rescue» 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	_	8 give	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	8 give	advmod
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 give	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 give	nsubj
8	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 give	iobj
10	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 give	obj
11	again	again	ADV	_	8 give	advmod
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	give	present · do-support	the old man	pipes	him = he		again		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient pipe=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

Because Tiidu was a good boy who always shared his food with the poor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	2 Tiidu	case
2	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 boy	obl
3	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 boy	cop
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 boy	amod
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 shared	nsubj
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 shared	advmod
9	shared	share	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 boy	acl:relcl
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 food	nmod:poss
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 shared	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 poor	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 poor	det
14	poor	poor	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 shared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	past		a good boy				because Tiidu	tree rules
2	share	past	a good boy	boy's food				with the poor; always property	tree rules

Option 2

Because Tiidu cared more about the treasure

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	3 cared	mark
2	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 cared	nsubj
3	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 cared	obj
5	about	about	ADP	_	7 treasure	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 treasure	det
7	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	Tiidu	more				about the treasure	tree rules

Option 3

He liked the pipes

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 liked	nsubj
2	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pipes	det
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	He	the pipes					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot pipe=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

He cared more about the pipes than the money

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 cared	nsubj
2	cared	care	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 cared	obj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 pipes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pipes	det
6	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 cared	obl
7	than	than	ADP	_	9 money	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 money	det
9	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 cared	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	care	past	He	more				about the pipes; than the money	tree rules

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