Test 12 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

that's a bit sad that she's only got a nest by the river, innit

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: that, she · What happens: be

This is test 12 · ★ 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	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	5 sad	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sad	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bit	det
4	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sad	obl:unmarked
5	sad	sad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 got	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 got	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 got	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 got	advmod
10	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 sad	advcl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obj
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 river	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 river	det
15	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 got	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 innit	punct
17	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 river	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					a bit obl:unmarked; sad property	tree rules
2	is	present	she					by the river and innit; get 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

she's happy there, it's a cosy spot, and she can hear the river all day long

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 happy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happy	cop
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 happy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spot	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spot	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 spot	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 spot	det
9	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spot	amod
10	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happy	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 hear	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hear	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 hear	nsubj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 hear	aux
15	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 happy	conj
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 river	det
17	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hear	obj
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	19 day	det
19	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 hear	obl:unmarked
20	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she		there		happy property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a cosy spot				tree rules
3	hear	can	she	the river		day	long property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer river=Stimulus

Option 2

she's not happy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 happy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 happy	cop
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 happy	advmod
4	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	she					happy property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

it's fine, she likes the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 likes	punct
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 likes	nsubj
6	likes	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 water	det
8	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 likes	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	like	present	she	the water					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot water=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

she's happy there, it's a cosy spot

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 happy	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happy	cop
3	happy	happy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 happy	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 spot	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 spot	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 spot	cop
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 spot	det
9	cosy	cosy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 spot	amod
10	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 happy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	she			there		happy property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	a cosy spot					tree rules

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