Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

the witch with the saggy lip, she's creepy

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: witch · What happens: be

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1001 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The Tinderbox, part 212: the tin soldier melts in the stove, and a soldier meets a witch by a hollow 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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 witch	det
2	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 creepy	nsubj
3	with	with	ADP	_	6 lip	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lip	det
5	saggy	saggy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 lip	amod
6	lip	lip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 witch	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 witch	punct
8	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 creepy	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 creepy	cop
10	creepy	creepy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the witch with the saggy lip					creepy property	tree rules

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

yeah, she tells him about a hollow oak

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	iobj
6	about	about	ADP	_	9 oak	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 oak	det
8	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 oak	amod
9	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tells	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	she		him = he			about a hollow oak	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent he=Recipient about oak=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, and she says there's money in a hollow tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 says	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
11	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tree	amod
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	money			a hollow tree; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 3

yeah, she says there's gold in an old tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 's	expl
6	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
7	gold	gold	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 's	nsubj
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 tree	case
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tree	det
10	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 tree	amod
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 's	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	gold			a old tree; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location

Option 4

yeah, and she says there's money in a hollow tree, but he's got to climb up there first, which is a bit much

The tree, 25 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 says	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 says	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 says	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 's	expl
7	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
8	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	nsubj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 tree	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 tree	det
11	hollow	hollow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 tree	amod
12	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 's	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 got	punct
14	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 got	cc
15	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 got	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 got	aux
17	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 says	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 climb	mark
19	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 got	xcomp
20	up	up	ADP	_	19 climb	compound:prt
21	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	19 climb	advmod
22	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	19 climb	advmod
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 much	punct
24	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 much	nsubj
25	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 much	cop
26	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	27 bit	det
27	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 much	obl:unmarked
28	much	much	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 got	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	she			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	be	present	money	a hollow tree; there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tree=Location
3	get	present · passive	money			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	climb up	to-infinitive	money not said here	there	first property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	is	present			a bit obl:unmarked; much property	tree rules

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