Test 10 · ★ · Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prin…

Mate, does the prince give up on the quest at the start?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Mate prince · What happens: give up · To what, where: quest

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 690 «Violet Fairy Book, The Cat and the Rats (end) and The Prince Who Would Seek Immortality, part 1: a cat clears the rats from the palace, and a gloomy prince sets out to find a land where no one dies» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 prince	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 prince	aux
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 prince	det
5	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	nsubj
6	give	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 give	compound:prt
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 quest	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 quest	det
10	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 start	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 start	det
13	start	start	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 give	obl
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 give	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present	the Mate prince			the quest		at the start	vn resign-10.11-2 «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 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, he sets off on his trip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 sets	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 sets	nsubj
4	sets	set	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 sets	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 trip	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 trip	nmod:poss
8	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	set off	present	he			his trip			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	trip		his = he						nom trip «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, he quits the quest and returns home to his father's castle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 quits	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 quits	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 quits	nsubj
4	quits	quit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 quest	det
6	quest	quest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quits	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 returns	cc
8	returns	return	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 quits	conj
9	home	home	ADV	_	8 returns	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	14 castle	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 father	nmod:poss
12	father	father	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 castle	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 father	case
14	castle	castle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 returns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	quit	present	he	the quest					vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent quest=Source
2	return	present	he not said here					to his father's castle result; home property	vn convert-26.6.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to castle=Result

Option 3

Nah, he trains with the royal guard for ten long years first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 trains	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 trains	nsubj
4	trains	train	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 guard	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 guard	det
7	royal	royal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guard	amod
8	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 trains	obl
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 years	case
10	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 years	nummod
11	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 years	amod
12	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 trains	obl
13	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 trains	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	train	present	he				year	with the royal guard; first property	vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yeah, he gives up quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 gives	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gives	nsubj
4	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 gives	compound:prt
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 gives	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give up	present	he					quickly property	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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