Test 12 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

Mate, did Labakan nick the horse too?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Labakan · What happens: nick · To what, where: horse

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 716 «Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: Labakan steals a robe, sets off as a prince, and robs his friend» 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 nick	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 nick	aux
4	Labakan	Labakan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 nick	nsubj
5	nick	nick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horse	det
7	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nick	obj
8	too	too	ADV	_	5 nick	advmod
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 nick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	nick	past · do-support	Labakan	the horse				Mate vocative	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent horse=Patient

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he took Omar's swift horse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 took	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 horse	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Omar	case
7	swift	swift	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 horse	amod
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	past	he		Omar's swift horse				vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument horse=Destination

Option 2

Nah, he bought his own mule from a farmer, because a horse would have been too expensive

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 bought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bought	nsubj
4	bought	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mule	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 mule	amod
7	mule	mule	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obj
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 farmer	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 farmer	det
10	farmer	farmer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bought	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 expensive	punct
12	because	because	SCONJ	_	19 expensive	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 horse	det
14	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 expensive	nsubj
15	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 expensive	aux
16	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	19 expensive	aux
17	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	19 expensive	cop
18	too	too	ADV	_	19 expensive	advmod
19	expensive	expensive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bought	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	buy	past	he	his own mule				from a farmer	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent mule=Theme from farmer=Source
2	is	would · perfect	a horse					expensive property	tree rules

Option 3

Yeah, he rode out of Alexandria on Omar's fastest horse before dawn broke over the city

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 rode	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 rode	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 rode	nsubj
4	rode	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	out	out	ADP	_	7 Alexandria	case
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 Alexandria	case
7	Alexandria	Alexandria	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 horse	case
9	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 horse	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Omar	case
11	fastest	fast	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 horse	amod
12	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rode	obl
13	before	before	SCONJ	_	15 broke	mark
14	dawn	dawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 broke	nsubj
15	broke	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 rode	advcl
16	over	over	ADP	_	18 city	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 city	det
18	city	city	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 broke	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride out	past	he	Alexandria				on Omar's fastest horse	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alexandria=Theme
2	break	past	dawn			the city			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over city=Location

Option 4

Yeah, he stole Omar's grey mare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 stole	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 stole	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 stole	nsubj
4	stole	steal	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	Omar	Omar	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 mare	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 Omar	case
7	grey	grey	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 mare	amod
8	mare	mare	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stole	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	steal	past	he	Omar's grey mare					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mare=Theme

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