Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon sh…

Mate, what was the bride doing before her husband left?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Mate, bride, husband · What happens: be, do, leave · To what, where: bride

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 906 «Andersen's Tales, What the Moon Saw, part 117: the Moon shows a dead actor, a broken pitcher, a desert caravan and a doll in a tree» 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	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bride	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	6 bride	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bride	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 bride	det
6	bride	bride	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mate	conj
7	doing	do	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 bride	acl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 left	mark
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 husband	nmod:poss
10	husband	husband	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 left	nsubj
11	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 doing	advcl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	past	Mate and the bride	the bride	tree rules
2	do	gerund	the bride not said here		vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	leave	participle	bride's husband		vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Riding a camel round the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 camel	det
3	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Riding	obj
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund		a camel		the walls			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent camel=Theme round wall=Trajectory

Option 2

Writing a letter at home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 letter	det
3	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 home	case
5	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Writing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	gerund		a letter		home			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent letter=Theme

Option 3

Waving a silk veil from the tower while her maids cried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 cried	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 veil	det
3	silk	silk	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 veil	compound
4	veil	veil	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Waving	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 tower	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tower	det
7	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Waving	obl
8	while	while	SCONJ	_	11 cried	mark
9	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 maids	nmod:poss
10	maids	maid	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 cried	nsubj
11	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	gerund	her maids not said here	a silk veil		the tower			vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent veil=Patient
2	cry speech: express	past	her maids						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Riding a camel round the walls of the palace all morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 camel	det
3	camel	camel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Riding	obj
4	round	round	ADP	_	6 walls	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 walls	det
6	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Riding	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 palace	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 palace	det
9	palace	palace	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walls	nmod
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 morning	det
11	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Riding	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ride	gerund		a camel		the walls of the palace	morning		vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent camel=Theme round wall=Trajectory

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