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Test 10 · ★ · Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: t…

Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.» (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Cat, curtain · What happens: walk up, fall

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 94 «Just So Stories, The Cat that Walked by Himself, part 2: the bargain, the Bat and the Baby» 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

Sentence 1: Poppy: «just now the Cat'll walk in, the curtain's still up.»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Poppy	poppy	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Poppy	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 walk	punct
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 now	advmod
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 walk	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Cat	det
7	Cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walk	nsubj
8	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 walk	aux
9	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Poppy	parataxis
10	in	in	ADV	_	9 walk	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 up	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 curtain	det
13	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 up	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 curtain	case
15	still	still	ADV	_	16 up	advmod
16	up	up	ADP	_	9 walk	compound:prt
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 walk	punct
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 walk	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk up in a quote	future	the Cat				now		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.

Sentence 2: (just now = in a while, South Africa) When does the curtain fall?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	(	(	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 now	advmod
3	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 fall	advmod
4	=	=	PUNCT	_	3 now	punct
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 while	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 while	det
7	while	while	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 now	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 Africa	punct
9	South	South	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 Africa	compound
10	Africa	Africa	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 while	appos
11	)	)	PUNCT	_	10 Africa	punct
12	When	when	SCONJ	_	16 fall	mark
13	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 fall	aux
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 curtain	det
15	curtain	curtain	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fall	nsubj
16	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 fall	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present · do-support	the curtain				now		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

When the Woman speaks the first word in his praise

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 speaks	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Woman	det
3	Woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	nsubj
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 praise	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 praise	nmod:poss
10	praise	praise	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	the Woman	the first word		his praise			tree rules
2	praise		his = he						nom praise «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

When the Baby wakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 wakes	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Baby	det
3	Baby	Baby	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 wakes	nsubj
4	wakes	wake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wake	present	the Baby						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

When the Bat flies into the Cave tonight

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	4 flies	mark
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Bat	det
3	Bat	bat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flies	nsubj
4	flies	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 Cave	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 Cave	det
7	Cave	cave	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flies	obl
8	tonight	tonight	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flies	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	the Bat				tonight	into the Cave result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into cave=Result

Option 4

When the Man speaks the first word of his thanks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	ADV	PronType=Int	4 speaks	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 Man	det
3	Man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	nsubj
4	speaks	speak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 word	det
6	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 word	amod
7	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 speaks	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 thanks	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 thanks	nmod:poss
10	thanks	thanks	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 word	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	speak speech: other	present	the Man	the first word of Man's thanks					tree rules
2	word			Man's thanks					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

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