Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

three hundred lamps, three doors, three dogs, that's a lot

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that · What happens: be · To what, where: lot

This is test 12 · ★ 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	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 hundred	compound
2	hundred	hundred	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 lamps	nummod
3	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 doors	punct
5	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 doors	nummod
6	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lamps	conj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 dogs	punct
8	three	three	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 dogs	nummod
9	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lamps	conj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lot	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 lot	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 lot	cop
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lot	det
14	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lamps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	that	a lot					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, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and the witch laughs at how scared they make people feel

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 teacups	case
8	teacups	teacup	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wheels	punct
10	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wheels	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 mill	punct
12	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 teacups	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 towers	cc
14	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wheels	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 laughs	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 laughs	cc
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 witch	det
18	witch	witch	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 laughs	nsubj
19	laughs	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 have	parataxis
20	at	at	ADP	_	22 scared	case
21	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	22 scared	advmod
22	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 laughs	obl
23	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 make	nsubj
24	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 laughs	conj
25	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	24 make	obj
26	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	24 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	the dogs	eyes		like teacups and mill wheels and towers	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	laugh	present	the witch		scared		vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	make	present	dogs = dog	people			tree rules
4	feel	infinitive	people not said here				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers, and they're sat on the chest, staring at everyone who walks in

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 teacups	case
8	teacups	teacup	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wheels	punct
10	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wheels	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 mill	punct
12	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 teacups	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 towers	cc
14	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 wheels	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 sat	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 sat	cc
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 sat	nsubj
18	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 sat	aux:pass
19	sat	sit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 have	conj
20	on	on	ADP	_	22 chest	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 chest	det
22	chest	chest	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 sat	obl
23	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 staring	punct
24	staring	stare	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 sat	advcl
25	at	at	ADP	_	26 everyone	case
26	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	24 staring	obl
27	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	28 walks	nsubj
28	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 everyone	acl:relcl
29	in	in	ADV	_	28 walks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	have	present	the dogs	eyes		like teacups and mill wheels and towers	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient
2	sit	present · passive		dogs = dog	the chest		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: subject=Theme on chest=Location
3	stare	gerund				at everyone	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at everyone=Theme
4	walk in	present					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

yeah, they have eyes like teacups and huge bowls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
6	like	like	ADP	_	7 teacups	case
7	teacups	teacup	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eyes	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 bowls	cc
9	huge	huge	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 bowls	amod
10	bowls	bowl	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	they	eyes and huge bowls				like teacups	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the dogs have eyes like teacups, mill-wheels and towers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 have	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 dogs	det
4	dogs	dog	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	nsubj
5	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 have	obj
7	like	like	ADP	_	8 teacups	case
8	teacups	teacup	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wheels	punct
10	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wheels	compound
11	-	-	PUNCT	_	10 mill	punct
12	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	conj
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 towers	cc
14	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 eyes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the dogs	eyes and mill wheels and towers				like teacups	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient

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