Test 4 · ★ · Esthonian Tales, Tiidu the Piper, part 19: shipwreck, magi…

wait, what does Tiidu chill and think about on the island?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, Tiidu · What happens: wait, chill, think about

This is test 4 · ★ 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	_	6 chill	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 chill	obj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 chill	aux
5	Tiidu	Tiidu	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 chill	nsubj
6	chill	chill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 think	cc
8	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 chill	conj
9	about	about	ADV	_	8 think	advmod
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 island	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 island	det
12	island	island	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 think	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	chill	present · do-support	Tiidu		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus what=Experiencer
3	think about speech: other	infinitive	Tiidu not said here	on the island; about property	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on island=Topic

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

How he ignored his mother's warnings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 ignored	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ignored	nsubj
3	ignored	ignore	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 warnings	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 mother	case
7	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 ignored	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	past	he	his mother's warnings					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent warning=Theme
2	warn		his mother						nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

How he ran away from his family to become a rich sailor in the big city

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 ran	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 ran	nsubj
3	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	away	away	ADV	_	3 ran	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 family	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 family	nmod:poss
7	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 ran	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 become	mark
9	become	become	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 ran	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 sailor	det
11	rich	rich	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 sailor	amod
12	sailor	sailor	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 become	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	16 city	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 city	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 city	amod
16	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sailor	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	past	he			his family		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from family=Trajectory
2	become	to-infinitive	he not said here	a rich sailor in the big city					vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

How he treated his mum and dad

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	3 treated	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 treated	nsubj
3	treated	treat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mum	nmod:poss
5	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 treated	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dad	cc
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mum	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	treat	past	he		his mum and dad				vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient

Option 4

How he had ignored his mum and dad's warnings before sailing away from home

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 ignored	advmod
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ignored	nsubj
3	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ignored	aux
4	ignored	ignore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 mum	nmod:poss
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ignored	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 warnings	cc
8	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 warnings	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 dad	case
10	warnings	warning	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 mum	conj
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 sailing	mark
12	sailing	sail	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 ignored	advcl
13	away	away	ADV	_	12 sailing	advmod
14	from	from	ADP	_	15 home	case
15	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 sailing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	ignore	past · perfect	he	his mum and dad's warnings			vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Theme
2	sail away	gerund	he not said here		home	away property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent from home=Trajectory
3	warn		dad				nom warning «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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