Test 7 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

so the other ducks were just swimming and ignoring the mum, rude

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: other ducks · What happens: swim, ignore · To what, where: mum

This is test 7 · ★ 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	so	so	ADV	_	7 swimming	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 ducks	det
3	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 ducks	amod
4	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 swimming	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 swimming	aux
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 swimming	advmod
7	swimming	swim	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 ignoring	cc
9	ignoring	ignore	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 swimming	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 mum	det
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ignoring	obj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 swimming	punct
13	rude	rude	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 swimming	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swim	past · progressive	the other ducks						vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	ignore	gerund	the other ducks not said here	the mum					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

they didn't fancy climbing the slippy bank

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	4 fancy	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancy	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fancy	advmod
4	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fancy	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
7	slippy	slippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bank	amod
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fancy	past · do-support	they						vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	climb	gerund	they not said here	the slippy bank					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location bank=Theme

Option 2

they wanted to play in the reeds instead

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 wanted	nsubj
2	wanted	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 play	mark
4	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wanted	xcomp
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 reeds	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 reeds	det
7	reeds	reed	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 play	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	past	they						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	play not said to happen	to-infinitive	they not said here			the reeds		instead property	vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

they didn't fancy climbing the slippy bank, so they stayed where the water was calm

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	4 fancy	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancy	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fancy	advmod
4	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fancy	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
7	slippy	slippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bank	amod
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 stayed	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 stayed	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 stayed	nsubj
12	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancy	parataxis
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 calm	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 water	det
15	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 calm	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 calm	cop
17	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 stayed	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not fancy	past · do-support	they			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	climb	gerund	they not said here	the slippy bank		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location bank=Theme
3	stay	past	they			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	past	the water		calm property	tree rules

Option 4

they didn't fancy climbing the slippy bank up to the nest where the mum was sitting

The tree, 17 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	4 fancy	nsubj
2	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fancy	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 fancy	advmod
4	fancy	fancy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fancy	xcomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bank	det
7	slippy	slippy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bank	amod
8	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obj
9	up	up	ADV	_	5 climbing	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 nest	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 nest	det
12	nest	nest	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climbing	obl
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 sitting	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 mum	det
15	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 sitting	nsubj
16	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 sitting	aux
17	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 nest	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not fancy	past · do-support	they			vn admire-31.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	climb	gerund	they not said here	the slippy bank	to the nest result	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.patient V NP.extent PP.source PP.goal»: agent=Patient bank=Extent to nest=Result
3	sit	past · progressive	the mum			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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