Test 3 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling fl…

So the little kids were like "new one!" and stuff?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little kids · What happens: be

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 1014 «Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling flies to the swans, sees his own beauty, and is welcomed» 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	_	9 one	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kids	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kids	amod
4	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 one	nsubj
5	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 one	cop
6	like	like	ADP	_	9 one	case
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
8	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 one	amod
9	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
10	!	!	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 stuff	cc
13	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 one	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 one	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	the little kids					like new one and stuff	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

Nah, they were actually scared and yelling at the old swans to come back home quick right now

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 scared	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 scared	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 scared	cop
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 scared	advmod
6	scared	scared	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 yelling	cc
8	yelling	yell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 scared	conj
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 swans	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 swans	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 swans	amod
12	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 yelling	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 come	mark
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 yelling	advcl
15	back	back	ADV	_	14 come	advmod
16	home	home	ADV	_	14 come	advmod
17	quick	quick	ADV	_	14 come	advmod
18	right	right	ADV	_	19 now	advmod
19	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	14 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	they		actually, scared property	tree rules
2	yell speech: express	gerund	they not said here		at the old swans	vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Agent at swan=Stimulus
3	come back	to-infinitive	they not said here	now	home, quick property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yep, they were hyped and yelling about the new swan and running down to the water to see him

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 hyped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hyped	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hyped	aux:pass
5	hyped	hype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yelling	cc
7	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hyped	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 swan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swan	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 swan	amod
11	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yelling	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 running	cc
13	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 yelling	conj
14	down	down	ADV	_	13 running	advmod
15	to	to	ADP	_	17 water	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 water	det
17	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 running	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 see	mark
19	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 yelling	advcl
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hype	past · passive	they		tree rules
2	yell speech: express	gerund		about the new swan	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about swan=Topic
3	run down	gerund		to the water result; down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to water=Result
4	see	to-infinitive	him = he		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3

Yep, they were screaming at the ducks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 screaming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 screaming	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 screaming	aux
5	screaming	scream	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 ducks	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 ducks	det
8	ducks	duck	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 screaming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scream speech: express	past · progressive	they					at the ducks	vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at duck=Location

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Yep, they were hyped and yelling about the new swan

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yep	yep	INTJ	_	5 hyped	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yep	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hyped	nsubj
4	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hyped	aux:pass
5	hyped	hype	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 yelling	cc
7	yelling	yell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 hyped	conj
8	about	about	ADP	_	11 swan	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swan	det
10	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 swan	amod
11	swan	swan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 yelling	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hype	past · passive		they					tree rules
2	yell speech: express	gerund						about the new swan	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about swan=Topic

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