Test 1 · ★ · Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ri…

Mate, the prince wished himself to the end of the world with a ring, so did it take him ages to get there?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate · What happens: wish, take, get · To what, where: himself, ring

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 691 «Fairy Book, The Land of Immortality: the prince rides a ring to the world's end and finds a queen who wakes» 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 wished	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 prince	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 prince	det
4	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
5	wished	wish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	himself	himself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 wished	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 end	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 end	det
9	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wished	obl
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 world	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 world	det
12	world	world	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 end	nmod
13	with	with	ADP	_	15 ring	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 ring	det
15	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wished	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 take	punct
17	so	so	ADV	_	20 take	advmod
18	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 take	aux
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 take	expl
20	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 wished	parataxis
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 take	obj
22	ages	age	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 take	obj
23	to	to	PART	_	24 get	mark
24	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	20 take	advcl
25	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 get	advmod
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 wished	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wish	past	Mate and the prince	himself = he		to the end of the world	with a ring	vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot himself=Theme
2	take	past · do-support		ring				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Theme age=Destination
3	get	to-infinitive			there			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Yes, the journey lasted many days through forests and mountains, and he was tired

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 lasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 journey	det
4	journey	journey	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lasted	nsubj
5	lasted	last	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 days	amod
7	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lasted	obj
8	through	through	ADP	_	9 forests	case
9	forests	forest	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 lasted	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 mountains	cc
11	mountains	mountain	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 forests	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 tired	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 tired	cc
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 tired	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 tired	cop
16	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lasted	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	last	past	the journey			forests and mountains	day		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	journey					tired property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, the ring took him there straight away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ring	det
4	ring	ring	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 took	nsubj
5	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 took	obj
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 took	advmod
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	5 took	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	the ring		him = he	there		away property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination

Option 3

Yes, he had to ride a horse for months across the lands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 had	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 ride	mark
6	ride	ride	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ride	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	10 months	case
10	months	month	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ride	obl
11	across	across	ADP	_	13 lands	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lands	det
13	lands	land	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	he						tree rules
2	ride	to-infinitive	he not said here	a horse		the lands	month		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent horse=Theme across land=Trajectory

Option 4

Yes, he walked for several long years

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 walked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 walked	nsubj
4	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	8 years	case
6	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 years	amod
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 years	amod
8	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	he				year		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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