Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Toad: a toad climbs out of a well an…

so the bit about the sun being a bucket, was that a real thing

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bit, bucket · What happens: be · To what, where: bucket, real thing

This is test 13 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	9 bucket	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bit	det
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 bucket	nsubj
4	about	about	ADP	_	6 sun	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 sun	det
6	sun	sun	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	nmod
7	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 bucket	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 bucket	det
9	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 thing	nsubj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 bucket	punct
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 thing	cop
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	15 thing	mark
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 thing	det
14	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 thing	amod
15	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	gerund	the bit about the sun	a bucket					tree rules
2	is a	past	a bucket	a real thing					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

Nah, the toad just wondered if it might be a bucket for her to step in

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 wondered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toad	det
4	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wondered	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 wondered	advmod
6	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 bucket	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bucket	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 bucket	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 bucket	cop
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bucket	det
12	bucket	bucket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wondered	advcl
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 bucket	nmod
15	to	to	PART	_	16 step	mark
16	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wondered	advcl
17	in	in	ADP	_	16 step	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	past	the toad			vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	might	toad	a bucket	for her = she	tree rules
3	step in	to-infinitive	the toad not said here			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Nah, the toad just thought it was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 thought	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toad	det
4	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 thought	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 thought	advmod
6	thought	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 thought	obj
8	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 thought	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	past	the toad	it					vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent it=Attribute clause=Theme
2	be	past							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yeah, the toad said it was

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toad	det
4	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 said	obj
7	was	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	the toad	it					tree rules
2	be	past							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Nah, the toad just wondered if it might be

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 wondered	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 toad	det
4	toad	toad	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wondered	nsubj
5	just	just	ADV	_	6 wondered	advmod
6	wondered	wonder	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 be	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 be	nsubj
9	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 be	aux
10	be	be	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 wondered	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wonder speech: ask	past	the toad						vn care-88.1-1 «NP V what S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	be a condition, not said to happen	might	toad						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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