Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks…

did the monkeys actually try to thrash the prince?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: monkeys · What happens: try, thrash · To what, where: prince

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 800 «Andersen's Tales, The Bell, part 11: the king's son walks on alone, deeper into the wood after the sound» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 monkeys	aux
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 monkeys	det
3	monkeys	monkey	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 try	nsubj
4	actually	actually	ADV	_	5 try	advmod
5	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 thrash	mark
7	thrash	thrash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 try	xcomp
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 prince	det
9	prince	prince	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thrash	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 try	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	present	the monkeys					actually property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	thrash not said to happen	to-infinitive	the monkeys not said here	the prince					vn spank-18.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent prince=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

they talked about it, but he kept walking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 kept	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 kept	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 kept	nsubj
8	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talked	conj
9	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 kept	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	talk	past	they	about it	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
2	keep	past	he		tree rules
3	walk	gerund	he not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

they threatened him, but he went on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatened	nsubj
2	threatened	threaten	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 threatened	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 went	punct
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 went	cc
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 went	nsubj
7	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 threatened	conj
8	on	on	ADV	_	7 went	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	threaten	past	they	him = he					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
2	go on	past	he						vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

they talked about it at length, but in the end he simply kept walking on

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	nsubj
2	talked	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 talked	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 length	case
6	length	length	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 talked	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 kept	punct
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 kept	cc
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 end	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 end	det
11	end	end	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 kept	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 kept	nsubj
13	simply	simply	ADV	_	14 kept	advmod
14	kept	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 talked	conj
15	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 kept	xcomp
16	on	on	ADP	_	15 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	past	they	length		about it	vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about it=Topic
2	keep	past	he		in the end	simply property	tree rules
3	walk on	gerund	he not said here				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

they shouted at him, yet he walked on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	nsubj
2	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 shouted	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 walked	punct
6	yet	yet	CCONJ	_	8 walked	cc
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 walked	nsubj
8	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 shouted	conj
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 walked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	past	they					at him = he	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk on	past	he						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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