Test 1 · ★ · Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for Fran…

ngl, did Knud actually tell Joanna he loves her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Knud · What happens: tell, love · To what, where: Joanna · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 1016 «Andersen, Only a Shoemaker, part 2: Joanna leaves for France, and Knud wanders off to Nuremberg» 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	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tell	vocative
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 ngl	punct
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	aux
4	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tell	nsubj
5	actually	actually	ADV	_	6 tell	advmod
6	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	Joanna	Joanna	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 tell	iobj
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 loves	nsubj
9	loves	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 tell	ccomp
10	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 loves	obj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past · do-support	Knud		Joanna			ngl vocative; actually property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent joanna=Recipient clause=Topic
2	love	present	Knud	Joanna					vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=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

Not really, he almost said it at the theatre but the play got in the way and he left

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 really	advmod
2	really	really	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 really	punct
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	nsubj
5	almost	almost	ADV	_	6 said	advmod
6	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 said	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 theatre	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 theatre	det
10	theatre	theatre	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	obl
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 play	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 play	det
13	play	play	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 theatre	conj
14	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	ccomp
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 way	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 way	det
17	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 got	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 left	cc
19	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 left	nsubj
20	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 said	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	he	it		almost property	tree rules
2	get	past			the theatre but the play	in the way	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	leave	past	he				vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yeah, he told her with his whole heart

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 told	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 told	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	nsubj
4	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 told	iobj
6	with	with	ADP	_	9 heart	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 heart	nmod:poss
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 heart	amod
9	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 told	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	past	he		her = she			with his whole heart	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient

Option 3

Nope, he only wrote it in a letter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nope	nope	INTJ	_	5 wrote	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nope	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrote	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 wrote	advmod
5	wrote	write	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 wrote	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 letter	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 letter	det
9	letter	letter	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wrote	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	past	he	it		a letter			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in letter=Destination

Option 4

Yeah, he confessed it right at the willow tree while they were still kids, and she laughed

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	_	4 confessed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 confessed	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confessed	nsubj
4	confessed	confess	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 confessed	obj
6	right	right	ADV	_	10 tree	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	10 tree	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 tree	det
9	willow	willow	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 tree	compound
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 confessed	obl
11	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 kids	mark
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 kids	nsubj
13	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 kids	cop
14	still	still	ADV	_	15 kids	advmod
15	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 confessed	advcl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 laughed	punct
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 laughed	cc
18	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 laughed	nsubj
19	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 confessed	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	confess	past	he	it	the willow tree		vn confess-37.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	is a	past	they	kids		still	tree rules
3	laugh	past	she				vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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