Test 11 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

the babies went quack quack as well, like proper copying

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: babies · What happens: go · To what, where: quack quack

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 1011 «Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings hatch under the burdock leaves» 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 babies	det
2	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 went	nsubj
3	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	quack	quack	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 quack	amod
5	quack	quack	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obj
6	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	3 went	advmod
7	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 as	fixed
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 copying	punct
9	like	like	ADP	_	11 copying	case
10	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 copying	amod
11	copying	copying	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 went	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	the babies	quack quack				like proper copying	vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location quack=Theme

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, they copy everything she does

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 copy	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 copy	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 copy	nsubj
4	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 copy	obj
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 does	nsubj
7	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 everything	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	they	everything					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme
2	do	present	she						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

yeah, they tried their best to copy her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 best	nmod:poss
6	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 tried	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 copy	mark
8	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 copy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	they	their best					tree rules
2	copy not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	her = she					vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme

Option 3

yes, they tried to match her sound

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 tried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 match	mark
6	match	match	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	xcomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 sound	nmod:poss
8	sound	sound	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 match	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	try	past	they						vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2	match not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here	her sound					vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Patient

Option 4

yeah, they tried their very best to copy her, but it came out as peeps instead

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 tried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tried	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tried	nsubj
4	tried	try	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 best	nmod:poss
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 best	advmod
7	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 tried	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 copy	mark
9	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 tried	advcl
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 copy	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 came	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	14 came	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 came	nsubj
14	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 tried	conj
15	out	out	ADV	_	14 came	advmod
16	as	as	ADP	_	17 peeps	case
17	peeps	peep	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 came	obl
18	instead	instead	ADV	_	14 came	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	try	past	they	their best		vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent good=Eventuality
2	copy	to-infinitive	they not said here	her = she		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme
3	come out	past	it		as peeps; instead, out property	vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient

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