Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Steadfast Tin Soldier and The…

the boy chucks him in the stove for no reason, that's so unfair

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

This is test 8 · ★ 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 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chucks	nsubj
3	chucks	chuck	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 chucks	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 stove	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 stove	det
7	stove	stove	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 chucks	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	10 reason	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 reason	det
10	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stove	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 unfair	punct
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	15 unfair	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 unfair	cop
14	so	so	ADV	_	15 unfair	advmod
15	unfair	unfair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 chucks	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chuck	present	the boy	him = he		the stove for no reason			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent he=Theme in stove=Destination
2	is	present	that					unfair 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 · ← Mova's choice

yeah, the draught whooshes the dancer in too, and the boy just watches it all with a grin on his face

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 whooshes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whooshes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 draught	det
4	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	nsubj
5	whooshes	whoosh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dancer	det
7	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 too	case
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 whooshes	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 watches	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 watches	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 boy	det
13	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 watches	nsubj
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 watches	advmod
15	watches	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 whooshes	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 watches	obj
17	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 it	det
18	with	with	ADP	_	20 grin	case
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 grin	det
20	grin	grin	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 watches	obl
21	on	on	ADP	_	23 face	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 face	nmod:poss
23	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 grin	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whoosh	present	the draught	the dancer					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dancer=Theme
2	watch	present	the boy	dancer				with a grin on boy's face	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

yeah, the draught whooshes the dancer in too, and that's it, and they both melt in the fire together, really sad

The tree, 22 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 whooshes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whooshes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 draught	det
4	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	nsubj
5	whooshes	whoosh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dancer	det
7	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 too	case
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 whooshes	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 it	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 it	cc
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 it	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 it	cop
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 whooshes	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 melt	punct
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 melt	cc
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 melt	nsubj
18	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	19 melt	nsubj
19	melt	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 whooshes	conj
20	in	in	ADP	_	22 fire	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 fire	det
22	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 melt	obl
23	together	together	ADV	_	19 melt	advmod
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	26 sad	punct
25	really	really	ADV	_	26 sad	advmod
26	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 whooshes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	whoosh	present	the draught	the dancer			vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dancer=Theme
2	is a	present	that	dancer			tree rules
3	melt	present	they		the fire	together property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3

yeah, the wind whooshes the dancer in too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 whooshes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whooshes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 wind	det
4	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	nsubj
5	whooshes	whoosh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dancer	det
7	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	5 whooshes	compound:prt
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 whooshes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whoosh in	present	the wind	the dancer					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dancer=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the draught whooshes the dancer in too, and that's it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 whooshes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 whooshes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 draught	det
4	draught	draught	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	nsubj
5	whooshes	whoosh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 dancer	det
7	dancer	dancer	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 whooshes	obj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 too	case
9	too	too	ADV	_	5 whooshes	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 it	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 it	cc
12	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 it	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 it	cop
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 whooshes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	whoosh	present	the draught	the dancer					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location dancer=Theme
2	is a	present	that	dancer					tree rules

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