Test 11 · ★ · Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Rin…

Did the eldest son find a bed in the wood, or is he still stuck?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: eldest son, son · What happens: find, be · To what, where: bed, wood

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 695 «Fairy Tales, The Lost Princess and the Prince with the Ring, part 1: the prince is saved by animals, and the eldest brother sets out» 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	Did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 son	det
3	eldest	eld	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 son	amod
4	son	son	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	nsubj
5	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 bed	det
7	bed	bed	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 wood	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wood	det
10	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bed	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 stuck	punct
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 stuck	cc
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 stuck	cop
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stuck	nsubj
15	still	still	ADV	_	16 stuck	advmod
16	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 find	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past · do-support	the eldest son	a bed		the wood			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bed=Topic
2	is	present	son				still	stuck property	tree rules

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

He found a cave to sleep in

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cave	det
4	cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sleep	mark
6	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 found	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	6 sleep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	a cave					vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent cave=Attribute clause=Theme
2	sleep in	to-infinitive							vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

He is still looking for shelter

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	4 looking	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
3	still	still	ADV	_	4 looking	advmod
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 shelter	case
6	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	He				still	for shelter	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for shelter=Theme

Option 3

He has been walking for days and is still hunting for a safe place to rest

The tree, 16 words

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	4 walking	nsubj
2	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 walking	aux
3	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	4 walking	aux
4	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 days	case
6	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walking	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hunting	cc
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 hunting	aux
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 hunting	advmod
10	hunting	hunt	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 walking	conj
11	for	for	ADP	_	14 place	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 place	det
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 place	amod
14	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hunting	obl
15	to	to	PART	_	16 rest	mark
16	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 place	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present · perfect · progressive	He	day		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	hunt	present · progressive	He not said here	still	for a safe place	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent for place=Theme
3	rest	to-infinitive	He not said here			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

He found a shelter but the owner chased him away and he is lost again

The tree, 15 words

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 found	nsubj
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 shelter	det
4	shelter	shelter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 chased	cc
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 owner	det
7	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chased	nsubj
8	chased	chase	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 found	conj
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 chased	obj
10	away	away	ADV	_	8 chased	advmod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lost	cc
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 lost	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 lost	aux:pass
14	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 found	conj
15	again	again	ADV	_	14 lost	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	find	past	He	a shelter			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shelter=Topic
2	chase away	past	the owner	him = he		away property	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme
3	lose	present · passive		owner	again		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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