Test 2 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

mate, the stork was talking Egyptian, innit? like how is that even a thing

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: stork · What happens: talk, innit, be

This is test 2 · ★ 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	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talking	compound
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 mate	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stork	det
4	stork	stork	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talking	nsubj
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 talking	aux
6	talking	talk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	Egyptian	Egyptian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 talking	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 innit	punct
9	innit	innit	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 talking	parataxis
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 talking	punct
11	like	like	ADP	_	17 thing	case
12	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	17 thing	advmod
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 thing	cop
14	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 thing	mark
15	even	even	ADV	_	17 thing	advmod
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 thing	det
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 talking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	talk	past · progressive	the stork	egyptian property	vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	innit	infinitive			tree rules
3	is	present		like a 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

they picked it up from a lot of travellers who visited the old farm every summer

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 picked	nsubj
2	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 picked	obj
4	up	up	ADP	_	2 picked	compound:prt
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 lot	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obl
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 travellers	case
9	travellers	traveller	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 lot	nmod
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	11 visited	nsubj
11	visited	visit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 travellers	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 farm	det
13	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 farm	amod
14	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 visited	obj
15	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	16 summer	det
16	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 picked	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pick up	past	they	it		a lot of travellers	summer		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	visit	past	travellers	the old farm					vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent farm=Co-Agent

Option 2

it's just a story, storks don't speak

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	5 story	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 story	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 story	punct
7	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 speak	nsubj
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 speak	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 speak	advmod
10	speak	speak	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 story	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a story					tree rules
2	not speak speech: other	present · do-support	storks						vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

it's a joke, storks just clack their beaks

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	4 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 storks	punct
6	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clack	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 clack	advmod
8	clack	clack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	acl:relcl
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 beaks	nmod:poss
10	beaks	beak	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clack	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a joke					tree rules
2	clack	present	storks	storks's beaks					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beak=Theme

Option 4

it's a joke, storks just clack their beaks and nobody actually understands what they mean

The tree, 16 words

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	4 joke	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 joke	det
4	joke	joke	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 clack	punct
6	storks	stork	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clack	nsubj
7	just	just	ADV	_	8 clack	advmod
8	clack	clack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 joke	parataxis
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 beaks	nmod:poss
10	beaks	beak	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 clack	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 understands	cc
12	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 understands	nsubj
13	actually	actually	ADV	_	14 understands	advmod
14	understands	understand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 clack	conj
15	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 mean	obj
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 mean	nsubj
17	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 understands	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a joke		tree rules
2	clack	present	storks	storks's beaks		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location beak=Theme
3	understand	present	nobody		actually property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	mean	present	storks = stork			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

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