Test 1 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well an…

yo did the farm guy actually try to squash the toad or what

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: yo, farm guy · What happens: do, try, squash · To what, where: farm guy, toad

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1004 «Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well and goes hunting for a better world» 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	yo	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 did	nsubj
2	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 guy	det
4	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 guy	compound
5	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 did	obj
6	actually	actually	ADV	_	7 try	advmod
7	try	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 guy	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 squash	mark
9	squash	squash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 try	xcomp
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 toad	det
11	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 squash	obj
12	or	or	CCONJ	_	13 what	cc
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 squash	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	do	past	yo	the farm guy		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent guy=Eventuality
2	try	present	the farm guy not said here		actually property	vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	squash not said to happen	to-infinitive	the farm guy not said here	the toad		vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent toad=Patient

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

Nah, he didn't really try, he just stamped his foot and shouted at her from the gate

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 try	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 try	nsubj
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 try	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 try	advmod
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 try	advmod
7	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 stamped	punct
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 stamped	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 stamped	advmod
11	stamped	stamp	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 try	parataxis
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 foot	nmod:poss
13	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stamped	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 shouted	cc
15	shouted	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 stamped	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 her	case
17	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 shouted	obl
18	from	from	ADP	_	20 gate	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 gate	det
20	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 shouted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not try	past · do-support	he				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	stamp	past	he	his foot			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent foot=Destination
3	shout speech: express	past	he not said here		the gate	at her = she	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he kicked at her with his wooden shoe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 shoe	case
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 shoe	nmod:poss
9	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 shoe	amod
10	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	he					at her = she; with his wooden shoe	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at she=Patient with shoe=Instrument

Option 3

Yeah, he swung his big boot at her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 swung	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 swung	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swung	nsubj
4	swung	swing	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 boot	nmod:poss
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 boot	amod
7	boot	boot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swung	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 her	case
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swung	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swing	past	he	his big boot				at her = she	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme at she=Location

Option 4

Yeah, he kicked at her hard with his heavy wooden shoe and missed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 kicked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 kicked	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 kicked	nsubj
4	kicked	kick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 hard	case
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hard	nmod:poss
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kicked	obl
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 shoe	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 shoe	nmod:poss
10	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shoe	amod
11	wooden	wooden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 shoe	amod
12	shoe	shoe	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kicked	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 missed	cc
14	missed	miss	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 shoe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	kick	past	he					with his heavy wooden shoe; at her hard	vn swat-18.2 «NP V PP PP»: agent=Agent at hard=Patient with shoe=Instrument
2	miss	participle	he not said here						vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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