Test 6 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

the cook cuts the fish open with a massive knife, lol

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cook, fish · What happens: cut, open

This is test 6 · ★ 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 cook	det
2	cook	cook	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cuts	nsubj
3	cuts	cut	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fish	det
5	fish	fish	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 open	nsubj
6	open	open	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 cuts	ccomp
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 knife	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 knife	det
9	massive	massive	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 knife	amod
10	knife	knife	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 cuts	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 knife	punct
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 cuts	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	present	the cook					with a massive knife	tree rules
2	open	present	the fish						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

and there's the soldier, back in the same room he fell from

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 's	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soldier	det
5	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 back	punct
7	back	back	ADV	_	3 's	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 room	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 room	det
10	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 room	amod
11	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	obl
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fell	nsubj
13	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 room	acl:relcl
14	from	from	ADP	_	13 fell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	the soldier			the same room; there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in room=Location
2	fall	past	soldier	the same room not said here					vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient room=Result

Option 2

and there's the soldier

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 's	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	3 's	expl
3	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 soldier	det
5	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 's	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	the soldier			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

and there he is, back where he fell, rusty and bent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 is	cc
2	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	4 is	expl
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 is	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fell	cop
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 back	punct
6	back	back	ADV	_	4 is	advmod
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 fell	advmod
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 fell	nsubj
9	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 rusty	punct
11	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 fell	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 bent	cc
13	bent	bent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rusty	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he					fall property	tree rules
2	be		he not said here						tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, he's on the floor again, right where he fell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 floor	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 floor	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 floor	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 floor	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 floor	det
7	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 floor	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 fell	punct
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 where	advmod
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 fell	advmod
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 fell	nsubj
13	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 floor	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	he			the floor	again		tree rules
2	fall	past	he						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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