Test 2 · ★ · Orange Fairy Book, The Story of the Sham Prince, part 1: L…

Wait, so the giant was like, right behind him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, giant · What happens: wait, be

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 like	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 like	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 giant	det
5	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 like	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 like	cop
7	like	like	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 him	punct
9	right	right	ADV	_	11 him	advmod
10	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 him	case
11	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wait	parataxis
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the giant					like 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

Yeah, he was right on his heels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 right	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 right	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 right	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 right	cop
5	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 heels	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heels	nmod:poss
8	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			his heels		right property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yeah, the giant was so close he could have grabbed Sigurd's cloak from the saddle

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 close	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 close	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 giant	det
4	giant	giant	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 close	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 close	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 close	advmod
7	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 grabbed	nsubj
9	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 grabbed	aux
10	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 grabbed	aux
11	grabbed	grab	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	7 close	advcl
12	Sigurd	Sigurd	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 cloak	nmod:poss
13	's	's	PART	_	12 Sigurd	case
14	cloak	cloak	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 close	conj
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 saddle	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 saddle	det
17	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 close	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the giant			the saddle		close property	tree rules
2	grab	could · perfect	giant						vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Nah, he was far back at first but then the giant sprinted up behind and nearly caught them both

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 back	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 back	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 back	cop
5	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 back	advmod
6	back	back	ADV	_	13 sprinted	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 first	case
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 back	obl
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 sprinted	cc
10	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	13 sprinted	advmod
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 giant	det
12	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 sprinted	obl:unmarked
13	sprinted	sprint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 sprinted	compound:prt
15	behind	behind	ADV	_	13 sprinted	advmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 caught	cc
17	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	18 caught	advmod
18	caught	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 sprinted	conj
19	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 caught	obj
20	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	18 caught	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he			back, far property	tree rules
2	sprint up	participle		the giant	then	behind property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	catch	past		them = they		nearly property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary both=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he nearly touched Gullfaxi's tail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 touched	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 touched	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 touched	nsubj
4	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	5 touched	advmod
5	touched	touch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	Gullfaxi	Gullfaxi	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 tail	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 Gullfaxi	case
8	tail	tail	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 touched	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	past	he	Gullfaxi's tail				nearly property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme tail=Co-Theme

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