Test 13 · ★ · Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win the…

wait, the wrens eat and party till late after the bear says sorry?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, wrens, bear · What happens: wait, eat, say · To what, where: party · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 735 «Household Tales, The Frog King, part 11: the wrens win their war, and a frog bargains with a princess» 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	_	5 eat	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wrens	det
4	wrens	wren	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eat	nsubj
5	eat	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	parataxis
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 party	cc
7	party	party	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eat	obj
8	till	till	SCONJ	_	9 late	mark
9	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 eat	advcl
10	after	after	SCONJ	_	13 says	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bear	det
12	bear	bear	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 says	nsubj
13	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 eat	advcl
14	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 says	xcomp
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	eat	present	the wrens	party		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent party=Patient
3	say speech: apologize	present	the bear		sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

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

yeah, they feasted and sang and danced round the fire until very late in the night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 feasted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 feasted	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 feasted	nsubj
4	feasted	feast	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 sang	cc
6	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 feasted	conj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 danced	cc
8	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 feasted	conj
9	round	round	ADP	_	11 fire	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 fire	det
11	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 danced	obl
12	until	until	SCONJ	_	14 late	mark
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 late	advmod
14	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 danced	advcl
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 late	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	feast	past	they		vn dine-39.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	sing speech: express	past	they not said here		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dance	past	they not said here	the fire	vn waltz-51.5 «NP V PP.trajectory PP.goal»: agent=Theme round fire=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, they made merry till late into the night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 made	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	merry	merry	ADV	_	4 made	advmod
6	till	till	SCONJ	_	7 late	mark
7	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 made	advmod
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 night	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 night	det
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	they				night	late, merry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset

Option 3

yeah, they made merry and sang and danced in the nest till late into the night

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 made	nsubj
4	made	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	merry	merry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 made	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 sang	cc
7	sang	sing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 danced	cc
9	danced	dance	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 made	conj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 danced	obl
13	till	till	SCONJ	_	14 late	mark
14	late	late	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 danced	advcl
15	into	into	ADP	_	17 night	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 night	det
17	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 danced	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	past	they			merry property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset
2	sing speech: express	past	they not said here				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	dance	past	they not said here	the nest	night		vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in nest=Location

Option 4

yeah, they partied till early in the morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 partied	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 partied	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 partied	nsubj
4	partied	party	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	till	till	ADV	_	6 early	advmod
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 partied	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 morning	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 morning	det
9	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 partied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	party	past	they				morning	early property	tree rules

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