Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

wait why didn't he just shout for help tho

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, he · What happens: wait, not shout

This is test 3 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 shout	advmod
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 shout	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 shout	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 shout	nsubj
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 shout	advmod
7	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 wait	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 shout	obl
10	tho	tho	PUNCT	_	1 wait	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not shout speech: express	past · do-support	he					for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient

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

he was too proud, he's in uniform, innit, and soldiers don't cry out for help, they just stand there looking proper

The tree, 23 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 proud	advmod
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 uniform	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 uniform	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 uniform	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 uniform	case
9	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proud	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 uniform	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cry	punct
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 cry	cc
14	soldiers	soldier	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 cry	nsubj
15	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 cry	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 cry	advmod
17	cry	cry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 proud	conj
18	out	out	ADP	_	17 cry	compound:prt
19	for	for	ADP	_	20 help	case
20	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cry	obl
21	,	,	PUNCT	_	24 stand	punct
22	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 stand	nsubj
23	just	just	ADV	_	24 stand	advmod
24	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	conj
25	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	24 stand	advmod
26	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	24 stand	advcl
27	proper	properly	ADV	_	26 looking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		proud property	tree rules
2	is	present	he	uniform and innit		tree rules
3	not cry out speech: express	present · do-support	soldiers		for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
4	stand	present	soldiers = soldier	there		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	look	gerund	soldiers = soldier not said here		properly property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

he was too proud, he's in uniform, innit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 proud	advmod
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 uniform	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 uniform	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 uniform	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 uniform	case
9	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proud	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 uniform	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	he					proud property	tree rules
2	is	present	he			uniform and innit			tree rules

Option 3

he was too proud, he's in uniform, innit, so he won't shout for anyone even when he's drowning in the gutter

The tree, 24 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 proud	nsubj
2	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 proud	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 proud	advmod
4	proud	proud	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 uniform	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 uniform	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 uniform	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 uniform	case
9	uniform	uniform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 proud	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 innit	punct
11	innit	innit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 proud	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 shout	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 shout	advmod
14	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 shout	nsubj
15	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 shout	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 shout	advmod
17	shout	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 proud	conj
18	for	for	ADP	_	19 anyone	case
19	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	17 shout	obl
20	even	even	ADV	_	24 drowning	advmod
21	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	24 drowning	advmod
22	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 drowning	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 drowning	aux
24	drowning	drown	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	17 shout	advcl
25	in	in	ADP	_	27 gutter	case
26	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 gutter	det
27	gutter	gutter	NOUN	Number=Sing	24 drowning	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	past	he		proud property	tree rules
2	is	present	he	uniform		tree rules
3	innit	infinitive	he not said here			tree rules
4	not shout speech: express	future	he		for anyone	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for anyone=Recipient
5	drown	present · progressive	he	the gutter		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

cos he's too posh, he's a soldier, yeah

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 posh	nsubj
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 posh	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 posh	cop
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 posh	advmod
5	posh	posh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 soldier	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 soldier	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 soldier	cop
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 soldier	det
10	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 posh	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 soldier	punct
12	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 posh	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	cos					posh property	tree rules
2	is a	present	he	a soldier					tree rules

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