Test 5 · ★ · Andersen's Fairy Tales, The Ugly Duckling: the duckling fl…

Even the tree bowed? That's wild, bestie!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tree, That · What happens: bow, be

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: Even the tree bowed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	3 tree	advmod
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 tree	det
3	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bowed	nsubj
4	bowed	bow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 bowed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bow	participle	the tree						vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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.

Sentence 2: That's wild, bestie!

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	3 wild	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wild	cop
3	wild	wild	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bestie	punct
5	bestie	bestie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wild	conj
6	!	!	PUNCT	_	3 wild	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					wild property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Fr, the elder-tree bent its branches right down into the water like it was bowing to him

The tree, 18 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bent	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 elder	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bent	nsubj
7	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 branches	nmod:poss
9	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bent	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	11 down	advmod
11	down	down	ADV	_	7 bent	advmod
12	into	into	ADP	_	14 water	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 water	det
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bent	obl
15	like	like	SCONJ	_	18 bowing	mark
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 bowing	nsubj
17	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 bowing	aux
18	bowing	bow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bent	advcl
19	to	to	ADP	_	20 him	case
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 bowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past	the elder tree	Fr		the water		down property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent branch=Material into water=Product
2	bow	past · progressive	tree		him = he				vn acquiesce-95.1-1 «NP V PP.pivot»: agent=Agent to he=Pivot

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Fr, the elder-tree bent its branches right into the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bent	obl:unmarked
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 elder	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bent	nsubj
7	bent	bend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 branches	nmod:poss
9	branches	branch	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 bent	obj
10	right	right	ADV	_	7 bent	advmod
11	into	into	ADP	_	13 water	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 water	det
13	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bend	past	the elder tree	Fr		the water		right property	vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent branch=Material into water=Product

Option 3

Nah, the elder-tree stayed still but the swans all bowed their heads to the duckling in the water

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nah	nah	INTJ	_	7 stayed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nah	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tree	det
4	elder	elder	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 tree	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	4 elder	punct
6	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stayed	nsubj
7	stayed	stay	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	still	still	ADV	_	7 stayed	advmod
9	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 bowed	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 swans	det
11	swans	swan	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bowed	nsubj
12	all	all	ADV	_	13 bowed	advmod
13	bowed	bow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 stayed	conj
14	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 heads	nmod:poss
15	heads	head	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 bowed	obj
16	to	to	ADP	_	18 duckling	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 duckling	det
18	duckling	duckling	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bowed	obl
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 water	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 water	det
21	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	past	the elder tree				still		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	bow	past	the swans	swans's heads	the duckling	the water		all property	vn curtsey-40.3.3 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent head=Topic to duckling=Recipient

Option 4

Fr, the oak tree dropped its leaves in the river

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fr	fr	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fr	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 tree	det
4	oak	oak	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tree	compound
5	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	nsubj
6	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 leaves	nmod:poss
8	leaves	leaf	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dropped	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 river	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 river	det
11	river	river	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past	Fr	tree's leaves		the river			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent leaf=Theme in river=Destination

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