Test 6 · ★ · Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna si…

sus, why did Knud bounce back home so fast?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Knud · What happens: bounce back

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 1017 «Andersen, Knud's wanderings, part 228: Knud sees Joanna sing at the opera, then sets out north over the mountains» 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	sus	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 bounce	punct
3	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 bounce	advmod
4	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 bounce	aux
5	Knud	Knud	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 bounce	nsubj
6	bounce	bounce	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 sus	conj
7	back	back	ADV	_	6 bounce	advmod
8	home	home	ADV	_	6 bounce	advmod
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 fast	advmod
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 bounce	advmod
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 sus	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bounce back	past · do-support	Knud					fast, home property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «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 · ← Mova's choice

He had heard that his childhood village was calling him back home

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	3 heard	nsubj
2	had	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 heard	aux
3	heard	hear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 calling	mark
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 village	nmod:poss
6	childhood	childhood	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 village	compound
7	village	village	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 calling	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 calling	aux
9	calling	call	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 heard	ccomp
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 calling	obj
11	back	back	ADV	_	9 calling	advmod
12	home	home	ADV	_	9 calling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · perfect	He						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	call back speech: assert	past · progressive	his childhood village		him = he			home property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient

Option 2

He missed his old mother

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 missed	nsubj
2	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 mother	nmod:poss
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 mother	amod
5	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 missed	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	miss	past	He	his old mother					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

He felt he had to go home

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 felt	ccomp
5	to	to	PART	_	6 go	mark
6	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 had	xcomp
7	home	home	ADV	_	6 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He		vn conjecture-29.5-2 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	have	past	he		tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive	he not said here	home property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

He felt a sudden urge to see his mother again at home

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 felt	nsubj
2	felt	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 urge	det
4	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 urge	amod
5	urge	urge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 felt	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 felt	advcl
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mother	nmod:poss
9	mother	mother	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
10	again	again	ADV	_	7 see	advmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 home	case
12	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	past	He	a sudden urge					vn hunt-35.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent urge=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	He not said here	his mother		home	again		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mother=Stimulus

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