Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

and then the fish eats him, that's wild

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: fish, that · What happens: eat, be · To what, where: him

This is test 5 · ★ 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	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 eats	cc
2	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 eats	advmod
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 fish	det
4	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 eats	nsubj
5	eats	eat	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 eats	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 wild	punct
8	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 wild	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 wild	cop
10	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 eats	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	eat	present	the fish	him = he			then		vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
2	is	present	that					wild 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

yeah, he's in the fish

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 fish	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 fish	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fish	cop
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 fish	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fish	det
7	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					in the fish	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

nah, he got lost in the fish, and then cried a lot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	nah	nah	INTJ	_	5 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lost	nsubj
4	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	aux:pass
5	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 cried	advcl
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 fish	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 fish	det
8	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 cried	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 cried	cc
11	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	12 cried	advmod
12	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lot	det
14	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cried	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		he				in the fish	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	cry speech: express	past		a lot			then		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, he chilled in the dark belly of it, still standing firm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 chilled	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 chilled	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 chilled	nsubj
4	chilled	chill	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 belly	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 belly	det
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 belly	amod
8	belly	belly	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 chilled	obl
9	of	of	ADP	_	10 it	case
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 belly	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 standing	punct
12	still	still	ADV	_	13 standing	advmod
13	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 chilled	advcl
14	firm	firm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 standing	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chill	past	he			the dark belly of belly			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	stand	gerund	he not said here				still	firm property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

yeah, he's stuck in the dark, but he's still holding his musket up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 stuck	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stuck	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stuck	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stuck	cop
5	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 dark	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 dark	det
8	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stuck	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 holding	punct
10	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 holding	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 holding	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 holding	aux
13	still	still	ADV	_	14 holding	advmod
14	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 stuck	conj
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 musket	nmod:poss
16	musket	musket	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 holding	obj
17	up	up	ADP	_	14 holding	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			the dark		stuck property	tree rules
2	hold up	present · progressive	he	his musket			still		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot musket=Theme

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