Test 8 · ★ · Andersen's Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 1: the ducklings…

ngl the spot sounds proper wild, like a jungle

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, spot · What happens: ngl, sound

This is test 8 · ★ 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	ngl	ngl	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 spot	det
3	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sounds	nsubj
4	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 ngl	acl:relcl
5	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 wild	amod
6	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sounds	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 jungle	punct
8	like	like	ADP	_	10 jungle	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 jungle	det
10	jungle	jungle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 ngl	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ngl	imperative	you not said here					like a jungle	tree rules
2	sound	present	the spot					wild property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

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

more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 snug	advmod
2	like	like	ADP	_	5 wood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 snug	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 snug	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 snug	det
8	snug	snug	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hidden	cc
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 snug	conj

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

Option 2

more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden away from the farmers and the foxes

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	root	root
2	like	like	ADP	_	5 wood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 more	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 snug	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 snug	det
8	snug	snug	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hidden	cc
10	hidden	hide	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 snug	conj
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 hidden	advmod
12	from	from	ADP	_	14 farmers	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 farmers	det
14	farmers	farmer	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 away	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 foxes	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 foxes	det
17	foxes	fox	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wood	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide away	participle						away property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

more like a dull old ditch by a farm

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	root	root
2	like	like	ADP	_	6 ditch	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ditch	det
4	dull	dull	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ditch	amod
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ditch	amod
6	ditch	ditch	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 more	obl
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 farm	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 farm	det
9	farm	farm	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ditch	nmod

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

Option 4

more like a thick wood, all snug and hidden, with lots of tall leaves overhead

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 wood	advmod
2	like	like	ADP	_	5 wood	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 wood	det
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
5	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 snug	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	8 snug	det
8	snug	snug	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 wood	amod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 hidden	cc
10	hidden	hidden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 snug	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 lots	punct
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 lots	case
13	lots	lot	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wood	parataxis
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 leaves	case
15	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 leaves	amod
16	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 lots	nmod
17	overhead	overhead	ADV	_	16 leaves	advmod

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

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