Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

the little dancer, is she still there

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little dancer · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★ 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	3 dancer	det
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 dancer	amod
3	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 there	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 dancer	punct
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 there	cop
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 there	nsubj
7	still	still	ADV	_	8 there	advmod
8	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the little dancer				still	there 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, she's still there, balancing on one foot, still cool

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	6 there	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 there	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 there	cop
5	still	still	ADV	_	6 there	advmod
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 balancing	punct
8	balancing	balance	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 there	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 foot	case
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	11 foot	nummod
11	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 balancing	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 cool	punct
13	still	still	ADV	_	14 cool	advmod
14	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 there	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she		still	there property	tree rules
2	balance	gerund	she not said here	one foot			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on foot=Location
3	be		she not said here		still		tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, but she's on one leg, holding up the other, still proper cool

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 leg	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leg	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 leg	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 leg	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 leg	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 leg	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 leg	nummod
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 holding	punct
10	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 leg	acl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 holding	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 other	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 holding	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cool	punct
15	still	still	ADV	_	17 cool	advmod
16	proper	properly	ADV	_	17 cool	advmod
17	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 leg	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she			one leg			tree rules
2	hold up	gerund	one leg not said here	the other					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot other=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, but she's on one leg, holding up the other, still proper cool and balanced, and the soldier can see her from across the room

The tree, 26 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	8 leg	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 leg	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 leg	cc
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 leg	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 leg	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 leg	case
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 leg	nummod
8	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 cool	nsubj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 holding	punct
10	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 leg	acl
11	up	up	ADP	_	10 holding	compound:prt
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 other	det
13	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 holding	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 cool	punct
15	still	still	ADV	_	17 cool	advmod
16	proper	properly	ADV	_	17 cool	advmod
17	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 balanced	cc
19	balanced	balanced	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 cool	conj
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 see	punct
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	25 see	cc
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 soldier	det
23	soldier	soldier	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 see	nsubj
24	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	25 see	aux
25	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 cool	parataxis
26	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 see	obj
27	from	from	ADP	_	30 room	case
28	across	across	ADP	_	30 room	case
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 room	det
30	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is	present	she		one leg	tree rules
2	hold up	gerund	one leg not said here	the other		vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot other=Theme
3	see	can	the soldier	leg	the room	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

yeah, she's on one leg, holding up the other, and she's still proper cool even after everything that happened

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 leg	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 leg	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 leg	cop
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 leg	case
6	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 leg	nummod
7	leg	leg	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 holding	punct
9	holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 leg	acl
10	up	up	ADP	_	9 holding	compound:prt
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 other	det
12	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 holding	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 cool	punct
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 cool	cc
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 cool	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 cool	cop
17	still	still	ADV	_	19 cool	advmod
18	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 cool	amod
19	cool	cool	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 leg	amod
20	even	even	ADV	_	22 everything	advmod
21	after	after	ADP	_	22 everything	case
22	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	19 cool	obl
23	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	24 happened	nsubj
24	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	22 everything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she		one leg			tree rules
2	hold up	gerund	one leg not said here	the other				vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot other=Theme
3	is	present	she			after everything; still	cool property	tree rules
4	happen	past						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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