Test 6 · ★ · Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier'…

wait, why'd the soldier ask for three pipes, tho?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, soldier · What happens: wait, ask

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 771 «Grimm's Fairy Tales, The Blue Light, part 47: the soldier's pipe calls the manikin, and a queen's child becomes a raven» 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 ask	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 ask	advmod
4	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	7 ask	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 soldier	det
6	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	nsubj
7	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	conj
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 pipes	case
9	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 pipes	nummod
10	pipes	pipe	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ask	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tho	punct
12	tho	tho	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 wait	parataxis
13	?	?	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	ask speech: ask	infinitive	the soldier					for three pipes	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: 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

cos he just liked smoking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liked	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 liked	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 liked	advmod
4	liked	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	smoking	smoking	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 liked	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	like	past	cos	smoking					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot smoking=Theme

Option 2

cos he wanted a long delay before the execution so he could think of a plan

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 delay	det
5	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 delay	amod
6	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
7	before	before	ADP	_	9 execution	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 execution	det
9	execution	execution	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obl
10	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 think	mark
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 think	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 think	aux
13	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wanted	xcomp
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 plan	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 plan	det
16	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 think	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	cos	a long delay			before the execution		tree rules
2	think speech: other not said to happen	could	cos					of a plan	vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

cos he wanted more time before he died

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 died	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	cos				time		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	die	past	cos						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

cos he wanted more time before he died so his comrade could come back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 wanted	nsubj
3	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 time	amod
5	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wanted	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	8 died	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 died	nsubj
8	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 wanted	advcl
9	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 come	mark
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 comrade	nmod:poss
11	comrade	comrade	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 come	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 come	aux
13	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 died	advcl
14	back	back	ADV	_	13 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	roles by
1	want	past	cos	time	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
2	die	past	cos		vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	come back	could	cos's comrade		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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