Test 5 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince fre…

Hold up, how did the pigeons sort that whole sack in like two hours?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pigeons · What happens: hold up, sort · To what, where: whole sack

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 694 «Fairy Tales, The Gold-Bearded Man, part 34: the prince frees a prisoner, meets three grateful creatures, and is set a grain-sorting task» 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	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Hold	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sort	punct
4	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	8 sort	advmod
5	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 sort	aux
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 pigeons	det
7	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sort	nsubj
8	sort	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hold	advcl
9	that	that	SCONJ	_	11 sack	mark
10	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sack	amod
11	sack	sack	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sort	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 hours	case
13	like	like	INTJ	_	15 hours	discourse
14	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 hours	nummod
15	hours	hour	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 sort	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	imperative	you not said here						vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot
2	sort	past · do-support	the pigeons	whole sack			hour		vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sack=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

The pigeon king brought a massive cloud of pigeons that sorted every grain in minutes

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 king	compound
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cloud	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cloud	amod
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pigeons	case
9	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cloud	nmod
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 sorted	nsubj
11	sorted	sort	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 cloud	acl:relcl
12	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	13 grain	det
13	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sorted	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 minutes	case
15	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sorted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	bring	past	the pigeon king	a massive cloud of pigeons		vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme
2	sort	past	a massive cloud of pigeons	every grain	minute	vn classify-29.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Theme
3	cloud			pigeons		nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The pigeon king brought a massive cloud of pigeons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 king	det
2	pigeon	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 king	compound
3	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	nsubj
4	brought	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 cloud	det
6	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 cloud	amod
7	cloud	cloud	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 brought	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 pigeons	case
9	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cloud	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	past	the pigeon king	a massive cloud of pigeons					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent cloud=Theme
2	cloud			pigeons					nom cloud «phenomenon transitive»: of=patient

Option 3

A flock of pigeons helped the prince quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 flock	det
2	flock	flock	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helped	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 pigeons	case
4	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 flock	nmod
5	helped	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 prince	det
7	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 helped	obj
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 helped	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	past	a flock of pigeons		the prince			quickly property	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=Beneficiary

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

The wood-pigeons were called by their king, and they worked together through the night to separate the grain

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 pigeons	det
2	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 pigeons	compound
3	-	-	PUNCT	_	2 wood	punct
4	pigeons	pigeon	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 called	nsubj:pass
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 called	aux:pass
6	called	call	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 king	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 king	nmod:poss
9	king	king	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 called	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 worked	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 worked	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 worked	nsubj
13	worked	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 called	conj
14	together	together	ADV	_	13 worked	advmod
15	through	through	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 worked	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 separate	mark
19	separate	separate	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 worked	advcl
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 grain	det
21	grain	grain	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 separate	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	call	past · passive	pigeons's king	the wood pigeons			vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent subject=Recipient
2	work together	past	pigeons = pigeon		night	together property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	separate	to-infinitive	pigeons = pigeon not said here	the grain			vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grain=Patient

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