Test 13 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

wait, the leaves were so tall a kid could stand under, that's mad

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, leaves, kid, that · What happens: wait, be, stand under

This is test 13 · ★ 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	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tall	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leaves	det
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tall	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tall	cop
6	so	so	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kid	det
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stand	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 stand	aux
11	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tall	ccomp
12	under	under	ADP	_	11 stand	compound:prt
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 mad	punct
14	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 mad	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 mad	cop
16	mad	mad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 wait	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	past	the leaves	tall property	tree rules
3	stand under	could	a kid		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	is	present	that	mad 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 · ✓ the right answer

yeah, the leaves were proper giant

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 giant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yeah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leaves	det
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 giant	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 giant	cop
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 giant	advmod
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the leaves					giant, properly property	tree rules

Option 2

yes, they were really very tall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 tall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 tall	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 tall	cop
5	really	really	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
6	very	very	ADV	_	7 tall	advmod
7	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they					tall property	tree rules

Option 3

yeah, taller than the old fence

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	3 taller	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 taller	punct
3	taller	tall	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	ADP	_	7 fence	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fence	det
6	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fence	amod
7	fence	fence	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 taller	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 4

yeah, the leaves were proper giant, and the babies could hide under them easily

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	7 giant	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 giant	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 leaves	det
4	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 giant	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 giant	cop
6	proper	properly	ADV	_	7 giant	advmod
7	giant	giant	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hide	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 hide	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 babies	det
11	babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hide	nsubj
12	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hide	aux
13	hide	hide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 giant	conj
14	under	under	ADP	_	15 them	case
15	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 hide	obl
16	easily	easily	ADV	_	13 hide	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	the leaves					giant, properly property	tree rules
2	hide	could	the babies					under leaves = leaf; easily property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under they=Location

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