Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves h…

wait, the beetle just bailed on his wife on day three, no cap?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, beetle · What happens: wait, bail

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 799 «Andersen's Tales, The Beetle: the beetle marries, leaves his wife, and is rescued from the sea» 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	_	6 bailed	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beetle	det
4	beetle	beetle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bailed	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 bailed	advmod
6	bailed	bail	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 wait	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 wife	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 wife	nmod:poss
9	wife	wife	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bailed	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 day	case
11	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 bailed	obl
12	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 day	flat
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 cap	punct
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 cap	det
15	cap	cap	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 day	appos
16	?	?	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	bail	past	the beetle				day	on beetle's wife	vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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

nah, he only left for a bit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 left	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 left	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 left	advmod
5	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 bit	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bit	det
8	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 left	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	he					for a bit	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent for bit=Recipient

Option 2

yeah, he ghosted her totally and never even looked back at the ditch where she waited for him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ghosted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ghosted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ghosted	nsubj
4	ghosted	ghost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ghosted	obj
6	totally	totally	ADV	_	4 ghosted	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 looked	cc
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 looked	advmod
9	even	even	ADV	_	10 looked	advmod
10	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 ghosted	conj
11	back	back	ADV	_	10 looked	advmod
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 ditch	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 ditch	det
14	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looked	obl
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 waited	advmod
16	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 waited	nsubj
17	waited	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 ditch	acl:relcl
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 him	case
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 waited	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ghost	past	he	her = she	totally property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location she=Theme
2	not look back	past	he not said here		at the ditch	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at ditch=Theme
3	wait	past	she		for him = he	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

nah, he went back to her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	4 went	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	nsubj
4	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 went	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 her	case
7	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go back	past	he		her = she				vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to she=Result

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he ghosted her totally

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 ghosted	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 ghosted	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ghosted	nsubj
4	ghosted	ghost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 ghosted	obj
6	totally	totally	ADV	_	4 ghosted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ghost	past	he	her = she				totally property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location she=Theme

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