Test 9 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, t…

Bro, what's a well-guest in the toad bit?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Bro · What happens: be · To what, where: guest, toad bit

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 1003 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Tinder-Box: the flour trail, the three dogs and the soldier's escape» 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	Bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 guest	punct
3	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	8 guest	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 guest	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guest	det
6	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 guest	advmod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 well	punct
8	guest	guest	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Bro	conj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 bit	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 bit	det
11	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 bit	compound
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 guest	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Bro	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Bro and a guest	a guest		the toad bit		well 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

A toad who just came to the well

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toad	det
2	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 came	nsubj
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 came	advmod
5	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 toad	acl:relcl
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 well	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 well	det
8	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 came	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	past	a toad			the well			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to well=Initial_Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A toad that's just moved in, like a new neighbour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toad	det
2	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 moved	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 moved	aux
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 moved	advmod
6	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 toad	acl:relcl
7	in	in	ADV	_	6 moved	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 in	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	12 neighbour	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 neighbour	det
11	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 neighbour	amod
12	neighbour	neighbour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 moved	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · passive		a toad				like a new neighbour	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme

Option 3

A toad that's moved into the well, a bit like a lodger who never pays rent or leaves

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 toad	det
2	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 moved	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 moved	aux:pass
5	moved	move	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 toad	acl:relcl
6	into	into	ADP	_	8 well	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 well	det
8	well	well	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 moved	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 bit	punct
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bit	det
11	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 toad	conj
12	like	like	ADP	_	14 lodger	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 lodger	det
14	lodger	lodger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bit	nmod
15	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 pays	nsubj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 pays	advmod
17	pays	pay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 toad	acl:relcl
18	rent	rent	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 pays	obj
19	or	or	CCONJ	_	20 leaves	cc
20	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 rent	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present · passive		a toad and a bit like a lodger		the well			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme into well=Trajectory
2	not pay	present	a toad and a bit like a lodger	rent or leaves					vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rent=Asset

Option 4

A newcomer toad, sort of like a new mate

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 toad	det
2	newcomer	newcomer	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 toad	compound
3	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 sort	punct
5	sort	sort	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 toad	conj
6	of	of	ADP	_	10 mate	case
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 mate	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mate	det
9	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mate	amod
10	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sort	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sort			a new mate					nom sort «cognition transitive»: of=patient

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