Test 10 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the d…
Sus question, what did the duckling do after the swans vanished?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sus question, swans · What happens: do, vanish · To what, where: duckling
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 1013 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling, part 224: the duckling survives the hunters, a cottage, and a freezing winter» 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 | Sus | suspect | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 question | amod |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 did | punct |
| 4 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 did | nsubj |
| 5 | did | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 question | parataxis |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 duckling | det |
| 7 | duckling | duckling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 did | obj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 vanished | aux |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 12 vanished | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 swans | det |
| 11 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 vanished | nsubj |
| 12 | vanished | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 did | conj |
| 13 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 question | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | past | Sus question | the duckling | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent duckling=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | vanish | present · do-support | the swans | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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 · ✓ the right answer
Dived under the water and rose again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dived | dive | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Dived | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rose | cc |
| 6 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Dived | conj |
| 7 | again | again | ADV | _ | 6 rose | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | participle | the water | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location | |||||
| 2 | rise | past | again | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He searched for the swans along the whole length of the river until nightfall came down
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 searched | nsubj |
| 2 | searched | search | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 swans | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 swans | det |
| 5 | swans | swan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 searched | obl |
| 6 | along | along | ADP | _ | 9 length | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 length | det |
| 8 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 length | amod |
| 9 | length | length | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 searched | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 river | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 river | det |
| 12 | river | river | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 length | nmod |
| 13 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 15 came | mark |
| 14 | nightfall | nightfall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 came | nsubj |
| 15 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 searched | advcl |
| 16 | down | down | ADV | _ | 15 came | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | search | past | He | the whole length of the river | for the swans | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for swan=Theme along length=Location | |||
| 2 | come down | past | nightfall | down property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
He hid among the reeds quietly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 hid | nsubj |
| 2 | hid | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | among | among | ADP | _ | 5 reeds | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 reeds | det |
| 5 | reeds | reed | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 hid | obl |
| 6 | quietly | quietly | ADV | _ | 2 hid | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | past | He | the reeds | quietly property | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent among reed=Location |
Option 4
He dived under the water and rose again, then flew back to the cottage
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 dived | nsubj |
| 2 | dived | dive | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 water | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 dived | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 rose | cc |
| 7 | rose | rise | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 dived | conj |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 rose | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 flew | punct |
| 10 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 11 flew | advmod |
| 11 | flew | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 2 dived | parataxis |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 flew | advmod |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 15 cottage | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cottage | det |
| 15 | cottage | cottage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 flew | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dive | past | He | the water | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent under water=Location | ||||
| 2 | rise | past | He not said here | again | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fly back | past | the cottage | then | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to cottage=Destination |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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